Microsoft KB Archive/167281

= XADM: Err Msg: Error Encountered Accessing Registry Keys/Values for Exchange Store =

Article ID: 167281

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q167281



SYMPTOMS
When you run EDBUTIL.EXE /D or EDBUTIL.EXE /R and you use the registry switches of /DS, /IS, /ISPRIV, or /ISPUB to specify the location for the database, the following error message may appear:

Error encountered accessing registry keys/values for specified

Exchange store.

Operation terminated with error -1907



CAUSE
This error occurs when EDBUTIL is running on a computer other than the one Microsoft Exchange Server is installed on. When you run EDBUTIL /R, the registry switches /DS or /IS must be used to specify the database name. Thus, if you want to use the registry switches to specify the database name, you must run EDBUTIL /R from the Exchange Server computer.



WORKAROUND
To run EDBUTIL /D or EDBUTIL /D /R on a non-Exchange Server computer:

 Explicitly specify the database path and name after the /D switch, as in the following example:

EDBUTIL /D c:\exchsrvr\dsadata\dir.edb

When you run EDBUTIL with both the /D and the /R switch, the database path and name must be placed after the /D switch and before the /R switch, as in the following example:

EDBUTIL /D c:\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv.edb /R



CAUTION: Running EDBUTIL can remove damaged data that might be required for the operation of the service and might not be recoverable. Always back up the original database file before running Edbutil.

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