Removing Public folder database fails – Object is read only because it was created…

Issue

While decommissioning old Exchange 2007 server, Exchange uninstall failed with following error:

Object is read only because it was created by a future version of Exchange: 0.10. Current supported version is 0.1.

Trying to remove Public Folder Database via Exchange Management Console (EMC) also failed with the same error.

Solution

Resolved by removing the PF database via Exchange 2010 Management Shell (EMS):

Remove-PublicFolderDatabase -Identity “exch-2007\PF Storage Group\PF Database”

Exchange 2007
Exchange 2010