Q170975: FP: Deleted Pages from Web Show up in Search Results List

Article: Q170975
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see Q194263.

SYMPTOMS
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When you perform a search, your results list contains one or more pages that you
deleted using FrontPage Explorer. If you attempt to load a deleted page, you
receive a message indicating that the page cannot be found.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs because FrontPage maintains pointers to your Web
content--even the content you deleted. These pointers remain intact until you
recalculate links.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this behavior, use either of the following methods.

NOTE: You should try Method 1 first. If Method 1 does not resolve this behavior,
use Method 2.

Method 1: Recalculate Links
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1. Open your Web in FrontPage Explorer.

2. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.

3. Rerun your search in a Web browser.

  NOTE: You may need to refresh or reload the page in the Web browser.

Method 2: Reset the Dependency Databases
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To reset the dependency databases used by the FrontPage Search component, follow
these steps:

1. In Windows Explorer, open the folder that contains your Web content. To
  determine where you content is stored, use the following table as a guide

     Web Server               Folder
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     FrontPage Personal Web Server      \FrontPage Webs\Content
     Microsoft Personal Web Server      \Webshare\wwwroot
     Microsoft Internet Information Server  \InetPub\wwwroot

2. Open the folder that contained the deleted page.

3. Open the \_vti_pvt folder and delete the following two files:

     Deptodoc.btr
     Doctodep.btr

4. Open the \_vti_txt\default.wti folder. Delete the following files:

     All.cat
     All.dct
     All.doc
     All.fmt
     All.fn
     All.hl
     All.idx
     All.inv
     All.src

5. Switch to FrontPage Explorer.

6. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.

Additional query words: front page

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword8 kbFrontPage97 kbZNotKeyword kbZNotKeyword2 kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPageMac kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :1.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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