The Hierarchy Maintenance tool (Preinst.exe) is a command-line tool that must run locally on the primary or secondary site server computer. You can use the Hierarchy Maintenance tool to diagnose problems in a site, repair a site, manually exchange public keys between sites, or stop all Configuration Manager 2007 services at a site.
To use the Hierarchy Maintenance tool
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On the Start menu, click Run, and then enter cmd to open the Command Prompt window.
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Navigate to the location of the Hierarchy Maintenance tool (by default, SMS\bin\i386\<language code>).
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Run the Hierarchy Maintenance tool by using the appropriate command-line syntax and parameters.