Problem
When I tried to delete a domain in Helm, it fails and in the HELM’s error log, I get the following error:
Domain creation error:
2010-01-13 17:27:40 Website.RemoveVirtualDirectory 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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2010-01-13 17:27:40 Website.IWeb_Execute 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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2010-01-13 17:27:40 CVirtualDirectory.CallMethodEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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2010-01-13 17:27:40 CVirtualDirectory.RemoveEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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2010-01-13 17:27:40 CDomain.DeleteDomainEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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2010-01-13 17:27:40 Website.IWeb_Execute 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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2010-01-13 17:27:40 CVirtualDirectory.CallMethodEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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2010-01-13 17:27:40 CVirtualDirectory.RemoveEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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2010-01-13 17:27:40 CDomain.DeleteDomainEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while removing virtual directory: A name contained an invalid character.
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Solution
1) Make sure that in IIS there are no websites set up like “Site #245″ or “Site #388″ – anything with the # symbol followed by a number. These are partially created sites that may cause issues with Helm. If there are sites like this, delete them from IIS (right-click the site and choose “Delete”).
2) Go to:
C:\\Helm.Config
and rename the IIS.xml file to another and or simply delete the IIS.xml file then try again with your account deletion.
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