Error Message When Publishing: Web < web name > is busy

Article ID: 185542 - View products that this article applies to.
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SYMPTOMS

When you try to publish a FrontPage Web to the Web server, the following error message may appear:
Server error: Web < web name > is busy. Please try again.
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CAUSE

This problem occurs due to an interrupted connection to the server during the publishing process.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows and Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows when connecting to a computer running Internet Information Server 2.0 or 3.0. This issue was resolved in Internet Information Server 4.0.
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MORE INFORMATION

When the connection to the server is lost during the publishing process, the Service.lck file remains in the _VTI_PVT directory of the Web.

The Service.lck and frontpg.lck files deny the FrontPage client access to a Web on the destination server during publishing.
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WORKAROUND

To publish after a lost connection, you must do the following:

  1. On the server, stop and restart the HTTP service.
  2. Delete the file \<Web Root>\<Web Name>\_vti_pvt\service.lck.
  3. Delete the file \<Web Root>\<Web Name>\_vti_pvt\frontpg.lck.
  4. Publish the Web.
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Properties

Article ID: 185542 - Last Review: October 13, 2003 - Revision: 3.0
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
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This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
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