Microsoft KB Archive/264920

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FP2000: Server Extensions Wizard Unable to Create New Web

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Q264920

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000

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SYMPTOMS
When you use the Server Extensions Configuration Wizard to install the Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, you receive the following error message:

The document root of the Web server where you are trying to install the server extensions already contains a disk-based web.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs when both of the following conditions are true:


 * You are using the Server Extensions Configuration Wizard to install server extensions on a virtual Web server.
 * A disk-based web already exists on the server that is located in the same folder that the virtual Web server uses for its home directory.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

NOTE: All specified file paths are the default paths for drive C; you may need to change drives appropriately for your configuration.

Open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). To do so, in Microsoft Windows Explorer, double-click the fpmmc.msc file located in the following location:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\bin" NOTE: If you used the Internet Service Manager (ISM) from the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack (NTOP) to install the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, you need to open the same MMC Console.

To do so, click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, point to Microsoft Personal Web Server, and then click Internet Service Manager.

Right-click Default Web Site, and then click Properties.

Click the Home Directory tab, click to clear the FrontPage Web check box, and then click OK.

In Windows Explorer, navigate to your C:\InetPub\WWWroot folder.

Select Index.htm or default.htm and all of the folders beginning with _vti, and then move them to another location. (Make sure there are no nested folders under the _vti folders.)

In the MMC, in the Console tree, expand the FrontPage Server Extensions folder, and then right-click the Web server that you want to apply the extensions to.

NOTE: If the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions folder is not available, you will need to add it. To do so, follow these steps:

 On the Console menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in. In the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box, click Add. In the Available Standalone Snap-ins dialog box, click FrontPage Server Extensions. Click OK twice. Continue with step 6.

On the shortcut menu, point to New, and then click Web.

Answer the questions in each screen of the Server Extensions Configuration Wizard, and then click Finish.

In the MMC, on the Action menu, point to Task, and then click Check Server Extensions.

Start Microsoft FrontPage 2000, and then open your web.

On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.

NOTE: You may need to refresh or reload the page in the Web browser.

MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Personal Web Server 4.0 is supported on Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. It can be downloaded from the following Microsoft Web site:

"http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/Recommended/ServicePacks/NT4OptPk/Default.asp"