Microsoft KB Archive/143324

= FP: HTTP Error 404 Opening Deleted Web =

Article ID: 143324

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 1.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q143324



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 193970.



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a Web in FrontPage Explorer, you receive the following error message:

HTTP error 404. The server may not have the FrontPage Server Extensions installed or may be misconfigured, you may have specified an invalid proxy server, or the Web you are accessing may have been deleted.



CAUSE
You deleted your Web using File Manager or Windows Explorer rather than FrontPage Explorer. When you click List Webs in the Open Web dialog box, FrontPage Explorer retrieves the list of Webs from the Services.cnf file located in the :\ \_vti_pvt folder where is the location of the Web server's root content and  is the drive where the Web server content resides. This file is updated when you delete your Web using FrontPage Explorer; it is not updated when you use File Manager or Windows Explorer to delete a Web.



Method 1: Delete the Web
To delete a Web, click Delete FrontPage Web on the File menu in FrontPage Explorer.

You cannot delete a Web that you cannot open. To work around this situation, create a folder using the same name as the deleted Web in the Content folder, open the Web (it will be empty) in FrontPage Explorer, and then delete the Web.

Method 2: Edit the Services.cnf file
Using a text editor, such as Notepad, edit the Services.cnf file in the :\ \_vti_pvt folder, where is the location of the Web server's root content and  is the drive where the Web server content resides, and then remove the line that references the deleted Web path.

Additional query words: front page delete deletes deleted deleting deletion Web remove removed removing removal removes

Keywords: kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprb KB143324

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