Microsoft KB Archive/257854

= XADM: Message Tracking Error Message: The System Cannot Find the File Specified =

Article ID: 257854

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q257854





SYMPTOMS
In Exchange System Manager, when you click Tools, click Message Tracking, click Server, and then click Find now, you may receive the following error message with tomorrow's date:

The Message tracking was unable to search a message tracking log file:

File: \\ \ \

.log Error: The system cannot find the file specified.

Would you like to continue searching the remaining files?

If you click Yes, the search results are returned.



CAUSE
The file name included in the error message is generated based on Greenwich mean time. If you search after 4:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time (PST), the error message refers to a file with tomorrow's date.



MORE INFORMATION
For example, if today's date is 02/06/2000, and you start a search after 4:00 P.M. PST, the error message refers to the following file:

File: \\ \ \20000307.log

Additional query words: exch2kp2w

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB257854

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