Applies to:
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (verified on 2003, might work on older Exchange servers)
Problem:
A user has deleted one or more public folders by accident, and they cannot seem to undelete them from their email-client, such as Outlook.
Note:
This also works for Contacts stored in Public Folders.
There are two possible solutions to this;
Solution 1: Outlook Web Access.
Go to the OWA website for your Exchange Server, such as:
“https://mailserver/Public/?cmd=showdeleted&btnClose=1″
Then select the folder(s) you want to restore in the main window, and then click the Restore button on the top. Sometimes this method will fail, in that case, move on to the second solution below…
Solution 2: PFDAVAdmin.
PFDAVAdmin is a free tool from Microsoft, get it from Microsoft, or here: PFDAVadmin.exe.
The tool is a self-extracting archive. Once you have it started, right-click Public Folders, select Show Deleted Subfolders. From here, you just select the folder(s) you want to recover, right-click and hit Recover Folder. Presto! Done!