Microsoft KB Archive/273487

= XADM: Eseutil Does Not Work with Error Message &quot;Usage Error: Invalid Argument&quot; =

Article ID: 273487

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q273487



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use Eseutil, you may receive the following error message:

Usage Error: Invalid argument 'files\exchsrvr\priv1.edb'. Option must be preceded by '-' or '/'.



CAUSE
This issue can occur if the path that you specified in the Eseutil command line contained a space, for example:

eseutil /mh c:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb

The command interpreter does not read the path as one string, but instead reads c:\program as one argument and files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb as another.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, put the path to the file in quotation marks, for example:

eseutil /mh &quot;c:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb&quot;

Additional query words: xmrp exch2kp2w

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB273487

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