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Mehyar

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Ok so I installed windows 2003 server, and wnet to windows components and checked ASP.NET and IIS and gone through the wizard. Then i installed Visual Studio .NET 2002 and finished the setup.

Now when i try to create a new web application I get the error

Unable to open project <projectname>

The url d:/Inetpub/wwwroot/ProjectName and http://localhost/projectname need to map

i get a radio button saying Retry Using a different path
i get a text box under this to enter or browse for the path

i get another radio button to try using server extensions

No matter which one i choose it says the same thing

I feel it is something with the IIS configuration has any one tried this ?

Thx a lot...
 
Thx but i looked in to these yesterday but i did not know which one is my exact error and they dont tell you step by step what you should do :(

Cheers,
 
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I even uninstalled the Visual studio and uninstalled IIS again and installed it and then installed Visual studio but still the same thing, there must be something in the default configuration in windows 2003 server that's preventing me.

Please help if you passed through this or have some experience in it. I need to be able to go up and running on ASP.NET

Cheers,
Mehyar
 
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Hi there.

I hope its ok to post in a thread where the last posting is written a few months ago. (Some mods in some forums doesn't like this.)

I had the same problem, but I've found a solution.

http://forums.devarticles.com/...

Internet Information Server 6.0 blocks all requests with extensions that are not explicitly mapped in the IIS. Microsoft Visual Studio .NET writes a file to the server with the .tmp extension and then requests that file back with an HTTP call to test the URL. IIS 6.0 blocks the .tmp file because .tmp files are not mapped. The call fails, and then you receive the File Not Found error message. To resolve this problem, add a MIME type for the .tmp file in IIS. To do so, follow these steps: 1. In Control Panel, open Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Information Services. 2. Expand the (local computer) node, and then expand Web Sites. 3. Right-click Default Web Site, and then click Properties. 4. In Default Web Site Properties, click the HTTP Headers Tab. 5. Click MIME Types. In MIME Types, click New to register a file extension. 6. In the Extension textbox, type .tmp . In the MIME Type textbox, type temp. 7. Click OK
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Yours,
crazy-weasel
 
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