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Here is a rather misleading message running Exchange Management Shell* while login using an account with full Domain Admins and Exchange Organization rights:

[PS] C:\>(Get-PublicFolderDatabase).EdbFilePath

IsPathInRootDirectory : False
PathName              : X:\PublicFolder\PFDB.edb
IsLocalFull           : True
IsUnc                 : False
DriveName             : X:
ServerName            :

[PS] C:\>dir (Get-PublicFolderDatabase).EdbFilePath
Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path ‘X:\PublicFolder\PFDB.edb’ because it does not exit.
At line:1 char:4
+ dir  <<<< (Get-PublicFolderDatabase).EdbFilePath

When you attempt to access the folder X:\PublicFolder using Windows Explorer, the situation becomes clearer:

PublicFolder
You don’t currently have permission to access this folder.
Click Continue to get access to this folder.
[Continue] [Cancel]

The trick is simply to remember to use the “Run as administrator” option to start EMC under Windows Server 2008 and above.

* Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008

Technorati tags: Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server, PowerShell

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