Problem solved.. I have not tried simply deleting the public folder database, because according to the documentation, the database must be empty before Exchange will allow you to delete the database:
Note: If you have not moved public folder replicas to another server, or if you have not removed all of the public folders in the public folder database, you will receive an error stating that the public folder database cannot be removed because it contains public folder replicas. For detailed instructions about how to remove public folders, see Removing Public Folder Databases. From: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998329%28v=exchg.80%29.aspx Referenced URL "Removing Public Folder Databases" : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164367(v=exchg.80).aspx Which led me to this.... https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997202(v=exchg.80).aspx Which showed me how to delete public folders from the toolbox......as many times as I have been in there, I never noticed the public folder management console..... Sheesh, I feel silly. Thanks, Jonathan Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Daniel Chenault Date:05/12/2015 7:47 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Exchange] RE: Delete a stubborn public folder (Calendar) Ex2007 Dismount and remove the PF database holding it? Brute force but it will disappear. ________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Exchange] RE: Delete a stubborn public folder (Calendar) Ex2007 Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 23:07:45 +0000 Never had 2007 and speaking from a cloud perspective- we can't delete a of that is mail enabled, have to disable that so just wondering.... Regards, Cameron :) -Phone On May 12, 2015, at 17:59, Jonathan Raper <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Beuller? From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Raper Sent: Friday, May 8, 2015 5:34 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Exchange] Delete a stubborn public folder (Calendar) Ex2007 Hi all, I have one public calendar that I am for some reason unable to delete. I have granted myself owner permissions via exchange management shell, as I have done with numerous other public folders that I have been able to delete without issue. After giving myself owner permissions, it gives me the Delete option in the drop down and even goes through everything like it is going to work, then it hangs and says 5 seconds left….then a bit later it pops with this message: Cannot delete this folder. Right-click the folder, and then click Properties to check your permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator to change your permissions. You do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation on this object. See the folder contact or your system administrator. I have checked, and I have even gone to the trouble to remove my permissions and then re-add them. I have closed outlook (2013) and re-opened it, all to no avail. This is the LAST public folder in my organization, and I am this close to permanently doing away with public folders…..and yes, I was getting this error before it was the last public folder. I got frustrated and moved on to delete about half a dozen other public folders before coming back to this last one. Any ideas as to how I can kill this thing? It does not have any child objects as far as I can tell. Thanks, Jonathan
