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I am trying to create a new directory in my local IIS, and what I want is to able to run my website as www.localsitename.com/mywebsite where the mywebsite is an application in IIS configured to my application location(C:\mydocument\folder....)

usually in VS 2010 I used to edit the project file and add entry in the in the IISUrl but when I try the same thing in VS 2012, I get an error can't create virtual directory, and they suggest that it must use the localhost.

Is there anything I am missing here?

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  • Can you give the exact error that is shown in Visual Studio? Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 18:14
  • Hi this is the error creation of the virtual directory www.localsitename.com/mywebsite failed with error: cannot create the website [link] (www.localsitename.com/mywebsite) you must specify localhost for the servername and when I specify localhost I can run it as localhost:8080 but this isn't what I want as I need to have a feel and touch of how it will be once live Thanks Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 20:17
  • Once live, you'd just have localhost replaced with whatever server your app is hosted on. The virtual paths would be the same though. Perhaps you're looking to rename your localhost? Commented Aug 31, 2012 at 7:32
  • thanks that is what I was missing just for info on anyone looking to do this, you need to enter www.localsitename.com in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts hope this help one person or another Commented Aug 31, 2012 at 8:28

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Change your localhost name as described here.

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