FrontPage Server Extensions: Error 0x80070003 Doing IIS AppDelete for Path

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

In FrontPage Explorer, when you delete a folder in the rootweb or subweb successfully, the event viewer logs four errors in the application log for every folder deleted. The errors you will see are as follows:

Note: The actual path in the error message will be slightly different, depending on the name of the folder you deleted.

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions: Error 0x80070003 doing IIS AppDelete for path /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/subwebname/foldername

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions: Error 0x80070003 doing IIS AppDelete for path /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/foldername

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions: Error deleting app root /subwebname/foldername

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions: Error deleting app root /foldername

CAUSE

This error occurs when you delete a folder that has been designated as an application in the MMC for IIS 4.0.

RESOLUTION

The errors do not indicate that there is a problem with the functionality of FrontPage 98 Server Extensions or IIS. These errors are innocuous and will be fixed in the next version of the FrontPage Server Extensions.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbbug