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Q168318: XADM: Guidgen.exe Available Only for Intel Platforms

Article: Q168318
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0,5.0,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage exc4 exc5 exc55
Last Modified: 07-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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The Guidgen.exe utility used in the rebuilding of Site Folders is available for
the Intel platform only. However, this utility can be run on any Intel computer
to generate a new globally unique identifier (GUID) for an Exchange Server
running on Intel or non-Intel platform.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Guidgen.exe utility is used to randomly generate a GUID that will be used to
rebuild the site folders. This utility is available in the Microsoft Developers
Network under the product samples.

For additional information about how to rebuild site folder or to run Guidgen,
click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q152960 XADM: Reassigning Site Roles after Removing the First Server in an
  Exchange Site



Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage exc4 exc5 exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange550 kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :4.0,5.0,5.5
Issue type        : kbinfo

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