Microsoft KB Archive/255326

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XCCC: Access Denied When You Attempt to Rename a Folder to the Same Name as Before

Article ID: 255326

Article Last Modified on 2/26/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q255326

SYMPTOMS

When you log on to Exchange 2000 Server using Outlook Web Access (OWA) and take steps to rename a renamable folder (not an Outlook Special Folder such as Inbox, Drafts, Outbox) but do not actually rename the folder, and you then click OK instead of Cancel, you receive a Caution Microsoft Internet Explorer dialog box that states:

Access denied.
OK

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Using OWA, log on to Exchange 2000 by using the following syntax:

   http://exchangeservername/exchange

2. In the lower left OWA pane, click the folders to display the Folder List.
3. Create a new folder by right-clicking the MailboxName top level folder (yourname), and then click New Folder. Click OK after your type in the name of your new folder.
4. Right-click the folder you created in step 3, and then click Rename.
   
   You are prompted with an Explorer User Prompt dialog box that states:

   JavaScript Prompt:
   Rename the current folder to:
   OK CANCEL

5. DO NOT type in another name for this folder; just click OK.
   
   You are prompted with a Caution Microsoft Internet Explorer dialog box that states:

   Access denied.
   OK

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