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SYMPTOMSWhen you click the Tools menu in FrontPage Explorer, Permissions is not available (dimmed). CAUSE
This problem occurs if any of the following are true:
RESOLUTIONUse one of the following methods to have the Permissions command available on the Tools menu. Method 1: If You Have a Disk-based Web OpenPublish your Web to a Web server. For information about how to do this, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Q161414 FP97: How to Publish a FrontPage Web to the Internet, Intranet Method 2: If the Content Root of the IIS is on a FAT File SystemConvert the file system to an NTFS file system.WARNING: Using this method will permanently convert your system from FAT to NTFS. For more information about converting from FAT to NTFS, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q98730 Q&A: Technical Information Q156560 Free Space Required to Convert FAT to NTFSTo convert the file system to NTFS, follow these steps:
Method 3: If FrontPage Permissions on the Server Were DisabledYou can configure the FrontPage Server Extensions not to manage the permissions on your FrontPage Webs. To enable or disable this functionality, you must edit the configuration files used by the FrontPage Server Extensions.For more information about configuring the FrontPage Server Extensions, please see the Server Extensions Resource Kit at the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/wpp/serk/default.htm MORE INFORMATIONFor additional information about using permissions with FrontPage, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q151351 FP: Web Permissions Must Be Unique to Be Modified Q170235 FP: End User Permissions Disabled on Netscape ServerFor additional information about installing the FrontPage Server Extensions on Internet Information Server, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q156842 FP: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS Additional query words: permissions explorer ntfs fat
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