A "[7004] Open repository 'RepositoryName' failed: Repository path not found." Error Occurs When Registering a Repository.

October 14, 2005 | KB: 1011051
Laserfiche 7

Summary

When you attempt to start the Laserfiche Server or register a repository, you may receive the following error in your lfs.log:

    [7004] Open repository 'RepositoryName' failed: Repository path not found.

Note: This error message is found in the lfs.log file, which is an error log generated by the Laserfiche Server. The lfs.log file is found in the installation folder for your Laserfiche Server. By default, this folder is located at C:\Program Files\Laserfiche\Server.

Resolution

This usually indicates that the repository path specified for the repository is invalid. Make sure that the repository path is valid.

To specify the correct repository location for Laserfiche 7.x

  • If this message is received when registering a repository in the Laserfiche Administration Console, ensure that the repository location you specified in the Laserfiche Specific Settings step exists and contains the Laserfiche repository you wish to register.
  • If this message is received for a repository which is already registered, unregister the repository in the Laserfiche Administration Console and re-register it with the correct path.

More Information

The path for a repository is stored as a string value in the registry. For Laserfiche Server (United and Team) installations, it is located at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Laserfiche\Engine\VersionNumber\Databases\RepositoryName

where VersionNumber is 7.0 for 7.0.x installations and 7.1 for 7.1.x installations and RepositoryName is the name of your Laserfiche repository.

For Laserfiche Standalone products (Executive, Notebook and Desktop), it is located at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Laserfiche\Engine\VersionNumber\Databases\RepositoryName

where VersionNumber is 7.0 for 7.0.x installations and 7.1 for 7.1.x installations and RepositoryName is the name of your Laserfiche repository.

In both cases, the path information is stored in the Path string value. If you manually modify the repository path by editing the registry value, you must restart the Laserfiche Server service before the changes take effect.