JSI Tip 6167. Using Ntdsutil to remove a non-existant domain generates ' DsRemoveDsDomainW error '?

If your attempt to use Dcpromo.exe to remove a domain fails, you could use Ntdsutil.exe to remove the domain metadata from the forest. When you try, you receive:

DsRemoveDsDomainW error 0x20ab.

The trust relationship is broken.

To workaround this problem, remove the following references from the Active Directory Database using adsiedit.msc or lpd.exe:

CN=DomainName$, DC=Users,DC
CN=DomainName, CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC
CN=DomainName, CN=System,DC

NOTE: DomainName is the name of the domain.

NOTE: See You cannot manually remove a domain from the forest?