Error Message When Publishing: Web < web name > is busy
Article ID: 185542
Article Last Modified on 10/13/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q185542
SYMPTOMS
When you try to publish a FrontPage Web to the Web server,
the following error message may appear:
Server error:
Web < web name > is busy. Please try again.
CAUSE
This problem occurs due to an interrupted connection to the
server during the publishing process.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft
FrontPage 97 for Windows and Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows when connecting
to a computer running Internet Information Server 2.0 or 3.0. This issue was
resolved in Internet Information Server 4.0.
MORE INFORMATION
When the connection to the server is lost during the
publishing process, the Service.lck file remains in the _VTI_PVT directory of
the Web.
The Service.lck and frontpg.lck files deny the FrontPage
client access to a Web on the destination server during publishing.
WORKAROUND
To publish after a lost connection, you must do the
following:
- On the server, stop and restart the HTTP
service.
- Delete the file \<Web Root>\<Web
Name>\_vti_pvt\service.lck.
- Delete the file \<Web Root>\<Web
Name>\_vti_pvt\frontpg.lck.
- Publish the Web.
Additional query words: Time out busy lock service
Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB185542