PC DB: Rebuilding Group Folders Changes Folder Type

ID: Q95975

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 2.1, 3.0

SYMPTOMS

In versions 2.0 and 3.0 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, if your postoffice has group folders and you run the FIXIDX.EXE utility to repair the FOLDROOT.IDX file, those group folders are no longer accessible.


CAUSE

The problem occurs because FIXIDX resets group folders to be defined as shared folders in the FOLDROOT.IDX file; however, the folder itself is still set internally as a group folder.


RESOLUTION

Change the byte that defines whether the folder is a group folder or a shared folder to indicate the current status of the folder as a shared folder. FIXIDX removes critical information about the group status, and the folder cannot be restored as a group folder, only as a shared folder.


MORE INFORMATION

The following are detailed steps on how to change the byte to indicate the current status of the folder to be a shared folder:

  1. Before you run DEBUG on the XXXXXXXX.FLD file, you must run FIXFLD on that folder.


  2. Run DEBUG on the folder in question and change the 49th byte from 02 to 03. For example:

    1. Type the following and press ENTER:
      debug 00000003.fld


    2. At the dash prompt, type the following:
      e0131
      DEBUG displays
      xxxx:0131 02
      where xxxx will vary from machine to machine.


    3. Type the following lines:
      03
      w
      q




This will reset the folder's internal definition to be that of a shared folder. The Administrator must then create a new group folder, move the messages from the old folder to the new folder, and then delete the old folder to restore group access.

The FIXIDX.EXE utility is available as part of the Database Maintenance Utilities document. To obtain the document containing the Database Maintenance Utilities, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q99419 PC DB: Database Maintenance Utilities (Complete)

Additional query words: 2.10 3.00

Keywords : MailPCDB
Version : WINDOWS:2.1,3.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: November 2, 1999
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