Delete DFS Shortcut folders

I have a peculiar problem.

Cause of the problem is as follows:
One of our techs recently set up his first DFS replica set. He initially
set it up on the DFS Root and started a replica of the DFS root folder. We
have 5 DCs in 4 cities with nearly 400 users. He set up the DFS replica in
one city on the DFS Root. NTFRS was attempting to replicate from one city
the DFS folders to all other cities. These are special folders and did not
replicate properly. The DFS folders in all other cities disappeared becaues
NTFRS moved them to the NTFRS_PreExisting folder in preparation for
replication. To repair this problem in the quickest possible fashion I did
the following:
1. Removed the replica set on the DFS root
2. Removed each DC one at a time from being a DFS root replica.
3. Renamed the DFS folder that was shared off each DC.
4. Created a new DFS folder.
5. Set up each DC as a root replica.
This completely solved the issue at hand, but created another issue.

On each DC, I have a folder, NTFRS_PreExisting_See_EventLog, that contains
special DFS folders. They cannot be deleted by ordinary means because they
are created as shortcut folder by DFS. Is there anyway for these folders to
be deleted?

Thanks for any help

I found how to fix the problem.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...faq.mspx#EZHAC

dfsutil /viewdfsdirs:driveletter: /verbose

fsutil reparsepoint delete linkfolderpath

The first command shows the DFS folders. The second removes the reparse
points in the folder to allow for deletion.

"Jeremy Church" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a peculiar problem.
>
> Cause of the problem is as follows:
> One of our techs recently set up his first DFS replica set. He initially
> set it up on the DFS Root and started a replica of the DFS root folder.
> We have 5 DCs in 4 cities with nearly 400 users. He set up the DFS
> replica in one city on the DFS Root. NTFRS was attempting to replicate
> from one city the DFS folders to all other cities. These are special
> folders and did not replicate properly. The DFS folders in all other
> cities disappeared becaues NTFRS moved them to the NTFRS_PreExisting
> folder in preparation for replication. To repair this problem in the
> quickest possible fashion I did the following:
> 1. Removed the replica set on the DFS root
> 2. Removed each DC one at a time from being a DFS root replica.
> 3. Renamed the DFS folder that was shared off each DC.
> 4. Created a new DFS folder.
> 5. Set up each DC as a root replica.
> This completely solved the issue at hand, but created another issue.
>
> On each DC, I have a folder, NTFRS_PreExisting_See_EventLog, that contains
> special DFS folders. They cannot be deleted by ordinary means because
> they are created as shortcut folder by DFS. Is there anyway for these
> folders to be deleted?
>
> Thanks for any help
>