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XADM: Authrest.exe Error Message in 5.0: Dynamic Link Library Not Found

Article ID: 184568

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006


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SYMPTOMS

When you try to run the Authrest utility, Authrest.exe, from the Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 CD, Authrest.exe fails with the following error message:
The dynamic link library edb.dll could not be found in the specified
path <PATH system variable>

CAUSE

Authrest.exe is being run from a directory other than exchsrvr\bin.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, copy Authrest.exe to the \exchsrvr\bin directory and run the command from the \exchsrvr\bin directory.

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