How to Recover Deleted Public Folders or Items that are Deleted from Public Folder
You will need to download a tool called PFDAVAdmin. This tools work with Exchange 2000 & 2003
Recover a deleted public folder (Run this file on Exchange Server)
Recover a deleted item
- Download PFDAVAdmin from this site http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=635BE792-D8AD-49E3-ADA4-E2422C0AB424&displaylang=en
- Copy the tool to a folder on your desktop
- Double-click the PDFAVAdmin.exe file, and then extract the files to an appropriate drive.
Recover a deleted public folder (Run this file on Exchange Server)
- Double-click PDFAVAdmin.exe file
- On the File menu, select Connect
- The connect dialog box appear
- Fill in the information require (If this is the first time, you might have to enter it. After the first time, it will fill in automatically.)
- Click OK
- Click the plus sign next to Public Folders to expand
- Right click on the Public Folder and select Show deleted subfolders. The deleted subfolder is shown in red.
- Right-click on the Subfolder, and then click Recover folder
- Click OK to acknowledge the Recovery succeeded message
- Test access to the folder by using an e-mail client
- In Exchange System Manager, right-click the recovered folder, and then rename the folder.
Recover a deleted item
- In PDFAVAdmin, open the folder that contain the deleted item
- Click the Items tab, and then click Deleted Items
- Right-click the item that you want to recover, and then click Recover items
- Click OK to acknowledge the Recovering these items message