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Stop DFS Replication Service

Remove the old DFS database with the following commands;

icacls "c:\system volume information" /grant Administrators:F
cd c:\System Volume Information
move DFS DFS.old

Start DFS Replication

Change the DFS offline maximum with the following command;

wmic.exe /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path DfsrMachineConfig set MaxOfflineTimeInDays=650

Restart DFS Replication

Edit registry

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DFSR\Parameters\StopReplicationOnAutoRecovery DWORD=0

Run command

wmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path dfsrmachineconfig set StopReplicationOnAutoRecovery=FALSE