{"id":2513,"date":"2021-04-26T22:12:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esofttools.com\/blog\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2021-09-25T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T10:48:18","slug":"lotus-notes-file-already-exists-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esofttools.com\/blog\/lotus-notes-file-already-exists-error\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Lotus Notes “File Already Exists” Error?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last updated on September 25th, 2021 at 04:18 pm<\/p>\n

If you’re an IBM Lotus Notes administrator or user, you’ve probably encountered the file already exists error while launching Lotus Notes Client. But have you figured out what the root cause of this error message is and how to fix it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, I’ll go over the key reasons for the file already exists error in Lotus Notes, as well as how to repair it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Causes of the ‘File Already Exists’ Error in Lotus Notes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The key source of the problem is a corrupt bookmark.nsf file or perweb.nsf file. It is the most important Lotus Notes configuration file that often starts running when users launch the Lotus Notes application. However, the user is unable to access the file because it has already been corrupted. As a result, Lotus Notes attempts to generate a new bookmark.nsf file to correct the error on its own. However, since the file has already been generated in Lotus Notes, it displays a file already exists error message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lotus Notes Troubleshooting Error: “The file already exists”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here we’ll show you how to correct the “file already exists<\/strong>” error. We attempt to correct the problem by generating a new bookmark.nsf file. However, you must first specify if you’re a roaming or non-roaming user, then follow these instructions:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Fixing the Bookmark.nsf file<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To repair a corrupted bookmark.nsf file or new file creation, follow the steps below<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Non-roaming Users<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To fix the error, follow the steps below to fix a corrupted bookmark.nsf file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n