A R U N » Helm http://a-r-u-n.com/b ....God's own website.... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:21:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Helm error – A name contained an invalid character http://a-r-u-n.com/b/index.php/2009/10/helm-error-a-name-contained-an-invalid-character/ http://a-r-u-n.com/b/index.php/2009/10/helm-error-a-name-contained-an-invalid-character/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:32:47 +0000 admin http://a-r-u-n.com/b/?p=337 If you receive the following error after you try to delete or create a domain from helm or Restore from HelmRestoreTool-

2009-09-10 10:24:33 Website.IWeb_RemoveHostHeader 0-2147467259: Unknown error while adding host header: A name contained an invalid character.
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2009-09-10 10:24:33 CDomainAlias.DeleteEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while adding host header: A name contained an invalid character.
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2009-09-10 10:24:33 CDomain.DeleteDomainEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while adding host header: A name contained an invalid character.
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2009-09-10 10:40:14 Website.IWeb_RemoveHostHeader 0-2147467259: Unknown error while adding host header: A name contained an invalid character.
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2009-09-10 10:40:14 CDomainAlias.DeleteEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while adding host header: A name contained an invalid character.

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2009-09-10 10:59:22 Website.IWeb_AddWebsite 0-2147467259: Unknown error while creating site: A name contained an invalid character.
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2009-09-10 10:59:22 CWebsite.RepairWebsiteEx 0-2147467259: Unknown error while creating site: A name contained an invalid character.
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Solution – In the remote server where the site is hosted please goto C:\Helm.config\ and delete IIS.xml file. Now try to delete the domain from helm you will be able to delete successfully.

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