HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden The Web server is configured to not list the contents

I have downloaded the MVC Music Store ASP.NET application at location C:\Users\DEVESH\Desktop\Projects\MvcMusicStore-v3.0\MvcMusicStore-Completed\MvcMusicStore and added the website on IIS at the same location. I have also given permission to IIS_IUSRS, but when I run localhost I am getting the error:

HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.

I have googled it, but have not found a fix. What I am doing wrong?

Solution

I came across this error because I had the wrong .NET version (v2.0 instead of v4.0) configured on the web site application pool. I fixed it this way on Windows Server 2008 R2 and IIS 7. I'm pretty sure the instructions apply to Windows Server 2012 and IIS 8 as well:

Press keys Windows+R to open the Run dialog, type inetmgr and then click OK. This opens the IIS Manager.
In the left treeview, locate the Sites node and find the Default Web Site node under it (or the name of the site where the error message appears).
Right-click the node and select Manage web site -> Advanced settings.... Note the name of the value Application pool. Close this dialog.
In the treeview to the left, locate and select the node Application pools.
In the list to the right, locate the Application pool with the same name as the one you noted in the web site settings. Right-click it and select Advanced settings...
Make sure that the .NET Framework version value is v4.0. Click OK.

This doesn't apply if you're running an older site that actually should have .NET v2.0, of course :)