Serving ASP.NET in Windows 7 IIS 7

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I have worked with IIS 5.1 (XP) and 6 (Server 2003) but I am a little lost on IIS 7 (Windows 7).

I install IIS from windows component, created a new website testweb, added virtual directory, pointed it to where to serve pages from. Converted that to application. Now when I visis the site, it does go to the location and it lists all the files (I have enabled directory listing) but when I when I go to the test.htm file (I added) in the folder, I get this

HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

The file is obviously there as it was listed in the directory. If I click on .aspx file I get this

HTTP Error 500.21 - Internal Server Error Handler "ASPX handler" has a bad module "ManagedPipelineHandler" in its module list

One problem that I had was I could not save test.htm file directly in the directory (c:\program files\product\web) from Visual Studio, I had to save the file in documents folder and then copy it over as administrator.

My questions are:

Do I need to specify default handlers in II7 for ASPX pages? I heard they are not there by default. This would be in Hanlders section. I have already added one by the way.
Do I have to add MIME type for ASPX pages as well. They are not there be default. If I had one, I run into different errors.

Can anyone clarify on the two questions. Thanks

Chris Haas · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-29 15:57:56Z

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For #1, did you install the static file portion of IIS?

For #2, try re-registering ASP.Net 4.0 by running something like:

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.21006\aspnet_regiis.exe -i

(Depending your CPU you might want to use Framework64)

Also check that your app pool is targeting the 4.0 Framework and not the 2.0 Framework.

answered Mar 29, 2012 at 15:57

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3 Comments

TheTechGuy Over a year ago

that's helpful. I have 64 bit Win7 btw and am running .NET 2.0 application, not .net 4.

TheTechGuy Over a year ago

this has put me in the right direction. static pages were enabled though. In another section, I enabled ASP and ASP.NET and now I am getting .net error (website related). I do not see directory listing anymore though. For test.htm, I am still getting the same error (it is not served). The directory listing has gone.

Chris Haas Over a year ago

Try removing the web.config file from the equation, just rename it to web.config.old or something and see if you get a different error message.

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