Microsoft KB Archive/194263

= FP98: Deleted Pages from Web Show up in Search Results List =

Article ID: 194263

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194263



For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 205612.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 170975.



SYMPTOMS
When you perform a search, your results list contains one or more pages that you deleted using FrontPage Explorer. If you attempt to load a deleted page, you will receive an error message indicating that the page cannot be found.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because FrontPage maintains pointers to your Web content, even though you deleted a page. These pointers remain intact until you recalculate links.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, use either of the following methods.

NOTE: You should try Method 1 first. If Method 1 does not resolve this behavior, use Method 2.

Method 1: Recalculate Links

 * 1) Open your Web in FrontPage Explorer.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
 * 3) Rerun your search in a Web browser.

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

Method 2: Reset the Dependency Databases
To reset the dependency databases used by the FrontPage Search Component, use these steps:   In Windows Explorer, open the folder that contains your Web content. To determine where you content is stored, use the following table as a guide   Web Server                              Folder -

FrontPage Personal Web Server          \FrontPage Webs\Content Microsoft Personal Web Server          \Webshare\wwwroot Microsoft Internet Information Server  \InetPub\wwwroot  Open the folder that contained the deleted page.  Open the \_vti_pvt folder and delete the following two files:      Deptodoc.btr Doctodep.btr   Open the \_vti_txt\default.wti folder. Delete the following files:      All.cat All.dct All.doc All.fmt All.fn     All.hl      All.idx All.inv All.src </li> Switch to FrontPage Explorer.</li> On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.</li></ol>

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