DirectoryEntry.Exists() throws COMException

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David Thielen - 07 Jan 2007 02:29 GMT

Hi;

On Windows 2003 when I call:
DirectoryEntry.Exists("IIS://localhost/SMTPSVC/1");

and the SMTP server is not installed, it thrown a COMException with "Unknown
error (0x80005000)

Shouldn't this always return true or false and never throw an exception? The
docs do not list an exception for this call.

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Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange] - 07 Jan 2007 11:05 GMT

Hello,

DirectoryEntry.Exists only catches COM exceptions with an error code of
80072030 (There is no such object on the server) or 80070003 (The system
cannot find the path specified).

Any other exception (Invalid password, cannot find server, etc) is rethrown.

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Henning Krause

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David Thielen - 07 Jan 2007 19:18 GMT

That could make sense as IIS was not installed yet.

I wish they would document that. I think it should handle no server too.

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