FP2000: Deleted Pages from Web Show up in Search Results List

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

This behavior occurs because FrontPage maintains pointers to your Web content, even though you deleted a page. These pointers remain intact until you recalculate links.

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

1. Open your Web in FrontPage.
2. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
3. Run 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

To reset the dependency databases used by the Search Component, use 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 
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
   
      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.
6. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.