NotesRepair allows you to detect and attempt repair of problems with the Lotus Notes client configuration files. This application has the ability to compact your workspace and databases outside the Lotus Notes client.
Features:
- Collect and display basic information about the PC.
- Determine if there is sufficient free disk space in the Lotus Notes data directory.
- Determine where Lotus Notes is installed and where the Lotus Notes data files are located.
- Display information about the Lotus Notes client.
- Check version of Lotus Notes client installed against a minimum required version.
- Halt all existing Lotus Notes processes before executing the repair process.
- Determine if basic Lotus Notes files/databases are present and configured.
- Tests the NOTES.INI file for basic invalid structure and content.
- Provide a customised default NOTES.INI file should it be corrupted.
- Provide customised client setup instructions for the user should the NOTES.INI file be corrupted.
- Tests to see if free disk space is available in both the %TEMP% and Notes data paths.
- Optionally delete the Notes cache file (cache.ndk)
- Optionally delete the Notes log database (log.nsf)
- Optionally compact the Notes workspace file (desktop6.ndk)
- Check the integrity of databases (using fixup process)
- Compact databases (using compact process with switches -c -D)
- Database selected for above integrity and compaction covers the following databases if they exist; log.nsf, bookmark.nsf, names.nsf, perweb.nsf, headline.nsf, journal.nsf, busytime.nsf, mail.box, smtp.box
- Optionally perform integrity check and compaction over all databases under the Lotus Notes data path.
- Optionally perform integrity check and compaction over all template databases under the Lotus Notes data path.
- If a problem was found with one of the following databases then it will be deleted as Lotus Notes will automatically recreate it when restarted; log.nsf, perweb.nsf, headline.nsf, busytime.nsf, AgentRunner.nsf, mail.box, smtp.box
- If a problem was found with one of the following databases then it will be recreated from a template; bookmark.nsf, names.nsf, journal.nsf
- Allow for customised user error messages based upon a specific Lotus Notes error.
- Provide customised helpdesk contact instructions for the user.
- Optionally save and/or email the activity log of the repair process to a predefined mail box upon detection of an error.
- Allow the user to save the activity log of the repair process.
- Cater for customised file names for common databases and templates.
