FP: Permissions Command is Not Available on the Tools Menu

When you click the Tools menu in FrontPage Explorer, Permissions is not available (dimmed).

This problem occurs if any of the following are true:

• You have a disk-based Web open.
  
  -or-
  
  
• The content root of the Internet Information Server is on a FAT file system.
  
  -or-
  
  
• FrontPage permissions on the server are disabled.

Use one of the following methods to have the Permissions command available on the Tools menu.

Method 1: If You Have a Disk-based Web Open

Publish your Web to a Web server. For information about how to do this, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Method 2: If the Content Root of the IIS is on a FAT File System

Convert 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: To convert the file system to NTFS, follow these steps:

1. Uninstall the FrontPage Server Extensions.
   
   
   1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Windows NT Explorer.
   2. Open the Microsoft FrontPage folder. By default, FrontPage is installed in the c:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage folder.
   3. Double-click the FrontPage Server Administrator icon.
   4. In the Select Server Or Port box in the FrontPage Server Administrator dialog box, click the port that corresponds to the Internet Information Server. By default this is port 80.
   5. Click Uninstall.
   6. Click OK.
2. Convert the file system to NTFS.
   
   
   1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and click Command Prompt.
   2. At the command prompt, type the following command
      convert <disk>: /fs:ntfs
      where <disk> is the location where your Web server content is stored. For example if your Web server content is stored on drive D, type the following command:
      convert d: /fs:ntfs
   3. When the conversion is completed, type EXIT and press ENTER to return to Windows.
3. Install the FrontPage Server Extensions.
   
   
   1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and click Windows NT Explorer.
   2. Open the Microsoft FrontPage folder. By default, FrontPage is installed in the c:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage folder.
   3. Double-click the FrontPage Server Administrator icon.
   4. In the FrontPage Server Administrator dialog box, click Install.
   5. From the Server Type list, click Internet Information Server and then click OK.
   6. Click OK.
   7. After the FrontPage Server Extensions are installed, click Close.

Method 3: If FrontPage Permissions on the Server Were Disabled

You 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 additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

For additional information about using permissions with FrontPage, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about installing the FrontPage Server Extensions on Internet Information Server, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: