Error Message Occurs When You Create a Distributed File System Root

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This article was previously published under Q288399

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SYMPTOMS

When you use the Distributed File System (DFS) Wizard to create a new DFS root, you may receive the following error message when the wizard is finished:

The following error occurred while creating DFS root. Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

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CAUSE

This issue can occur if DFS information from a previous DFS root configuration is still contained in the registry of this computer.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, use the Dfsutil.exe tool to clear the DFS information in the registry. Use the following command to clear invalid DFS information from the registry:

dfsutil /clean:servername

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