FP: Cannot Remove Pages Error Attempting to Delete Folder Using FrontPage 1.1 Server Extensions
Article ID: 160830
Article Last Modified on 10/7/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FrontPage 1.0 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q160830
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see
194285.
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to delete a folder that is located on a FrontPage 1.1
server, you receive the following error message:
Server error: Couldn't remove the following pages: <folder name>
CAUSE
This error occurs if you attempt to delete the folder from FrontPage
Explorer in any of the versions of FrontPage listed at the beginning of
this article.
The FrontPage 1.1 Server Extensions were not designed to handle folder
management tasks on the server.
RESOLUTION
To delete a folder on a Web server on which you installed the FrontPage
1.1 Server Extensions, use either of the following methods.
Method 1: Upgrade the FrontPage Server Extensions
- Install the FrontPage 97 Server Extensions.
- From FrontPage Explorer, use the Delete command on the Edit menu
to delete the folder from the upgraded Web server.
For more information about deleting folders, click the Index tab in
FrontPage Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Delete Command"
topic.
Method 2: Use File Manager or an Internet service, such as Telnet or FTP
- Directly access the file system of the Web content area by using
Telnet, FTP, or the file manager program for your operating system.
- Delete the folder you want to remove from the Web server.
- Start FrontPage Explorer, open the Web, and then click Recalculate
Hyperlinks on the Tools menu.
Additional query words: 97
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