I am Dale Hayter, a Microsoft and VMware certified Technical Consultant.

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The operation failed due to an invalid format in the HTTP request

When branching out the public folders in exchange system manager if you see the following error :

The operation failed due to an invalid format in the HTTP request. Verify that the host header is correct for the virtual server.

Check to ensure the default website is started.