Be careful when removing lower-level public folder targets. when you remove a public folder target that is below another public folder target, the folders are archived to the same archives as before. In this case, if you want to prevent public folders from being archived, change the settings for the lower-level public folders so that they are not archived.

If you want to remove a public folder target, use the Administration Console to do so because this removes the marker that Enterprise Vault places on the root path folder.

For example, this is important if you are running a pilot installation of Enterprise Vault that has an Exchange Public Folder task on a computer that you later decide to remove. If you merely take away the Exchange Public Folder task computer, the marker is not removed and so you cannot add another public folder target with that root path.