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Article ID: 822266 - Last Review: September 26, 2007 - Revision: 4.11

You receive a “You cannot copy or move a thicket file” error message and you cannot rename the Windows SharePoint Services Default.aspx Web page in FrontPage 2003

SYMPTOMS

When you try to rename the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Web site home page, default.aspx, by using Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, you receive the following error message:
Server error: You cannot copy or move a thicket file. To change the file name or create a copy of the file, open the file and save as to a new name.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if both the following conditions exist:
  • You modify the home page by using FrontPage 2003, and then save your changes.

    -and-
  • You try to rename the home page in FrontPage 2003.
When you save your changes to the Windows SharePoint Services home page after you modify it by using FrontPage 2003, FrontPage 2003 creates a down-level Vector Markup Language (VML) file for the quick launch toolbar. This down-level VML file creates thicket files that cause the home page and the thicket files to be dependent. Because FrontPage 2003 cannot perform a link fix up operation against thicket files, FrontPage 2003 prevents you from renaming the home page.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following two methods to work around this problem:
  • Rename the home page by using the Save As option on the File menu in FrontPage 2003.
    -or-
  • In FrontPage 2003, enter the new name for the home page in the File name box, and then click Save.

Note This procedure causes FrontPage to create new thicket files for the home page.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about Windows SharePoint Services, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/windowsserver/sharepoint/default.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/windowsserver/sharepoint/default.aspx)

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
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