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Title
"The system cannot find the path specified" error message -
Description
"The system cannot find the path specified" error message may be encountered either when connecting to exchange organization or during gathering process. Full error message: Error The system cannot find the path specified. Context: trying to find an Exchange private MDB object, but could not locate any. ValidateServerlogon returned the system cannot find the path specified 80070003. -
Resolution
Please check whether the following conditions are met:1. Confirm that the server you use for connection can be pinged by its FQD name.2. Confirm that the domain where server you use for connection can be pinged by its FQD name. For example, if this server is in testdomain.local domain you can ping testdomain.local.3. Confirm that the server you use for connection is not Front End Server4. With in the task that is getting this error go into the properties of it and go to the Gathering server page and make sure that you have a server listed that is the highest version of Exchange. Example: If you are running Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2013 make sure you have a 2013 server as your gathering server.