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Try creating with different name and check whether its able create, Also have a look at this MS article <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224384" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224384</a><br />
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Hope this helps you
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Try creating with different name and check whether its able create, Also have a look at this MS article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224384 [http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224384]

Hope this helps you

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Also you can check if above method doesn't help, <br />
To resolve this issue, use the Dfsutil.exe tool to clear the DFS information in the registry. Use the following command to clear invalid DFS information from the registry: <br />
dfsutil /clean:servername<br />
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You can install dfsutil.exe from support tool<br />

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Also you can check if above method doesn't help,
To resolve this issue, use the Dfsutil.exe tool to clear the DFS information in the registry. Use the following command to clear invalid DFS information from the registry:
dfsutil /clean:servername

You can install dfsutil.exe from support tool


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I cleaned the share using DFSCMD and DFSUTIL, checked the view and it's been deleted, restarted DFS Service but when when I try to recreate the share, it's saying that it already exists? Any thoughts? Thank you. 
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I cleaned the share using DFSCMD and DFSUTIL, checked the view and it's been deleted, restarted DFS Service but when when I try to recreate the share, it's saying that it already exists? Any thoughts? Thank you. 

DFS Root Already Exists Issue

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.