diff -r 61f466445ae5 -r 320ec5cd0227 messagingfw/msgsrvnstore/server/src/TMsvServerStoreManager.cpp
--- a/messagingfw/msgsrvnstore/server/src/TMsvServerStoreManager.cpp	Tue Jul 06 14:48:25 2010 +0300
+++ b/messagingfw/msgsrvnstore/server/src/TMsvServerStoreManager.cpp	Wed Aug 18 10:15:32 2010 +0300
@@ -381,11 +381,17 @@
 	GetStoreFileName(aEntryId,tempFilePathAndName);
 
 	tempFilePathAndName.Append(KMsvUtilsNewExtension);
-	TInt error = iFs->MkDirAll(tempFilePathAndName);
-	if(error == KErrNone || error == KErrAlreadyExists)
-		error = aFile.Replace(*iFs,tempFilePathAndName,EFileShareExclusive|EFileWrite);
-
+	
+	TInt error= aFile.Replace(*iFs,tempFilePathAndName,EFileShareExclusive|EFileWrite);
+	if (error==KErrPathNotFound)
+		{
+        //only create directory if not found
+        error=iFs->MkDirAll(tempFilePathAndName);
+        if (error==KErrNone)
+            error=aFile.Replace(*iFs,tempFilePathAndName,EFileShareExclusive|EFileWrite);
+		}
 	User::LeaveIfError(error);
+	
 	}
 
 void TMsvServerStoreManager::ReplaceFileStoreL(TMsvId aEntryId)