IIS - Virtual directory

Yes this can happen when as Ken said. It can also happen when there is =
a folder structure in services that points to a FrontPage Server =
extended virtual directory that has no physical structure. You will not =
see this in IIS Manager but when you check the server extensions it =
should show up. The services file is in:

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\_vti_pvt and you open it with Notepad. I'm hoping =
IIS 6 hasn't changed too much from this...

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George Hester
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"Ken Schaefer" <kenREMOVE.TakeThisOut@THISadOpenStatic.com> wrote in message =
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 > Use Metabase Explorer to locate the information stored in the metabase
 > relating to this virtual directory, and remove it:
 > =
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 > You can have this problem because you had a virtual directory, but =
then
 > deleted the physical directory using Explorer rather than using the =
IIS
 > Manager. Then, the physical folder structure, and the IIS metabase get =
"out
 > of synch". You can use Metabase Explorer to fix these issues.
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 > Cheers
 > Ken
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 > "Stephan" <anonymous.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
 > news:10a5201c44047$689aaf00$a001280a@phx.gbl...
 > : Hello, When creating a virtual directory in IIS 6, I get
 > : this error: "The alias you have given is not unique."
 > :
 > : I look under the "default web site" and I can't see any
 > : objects with that name.
 > :
 > : Please help! Thanks
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