Calling an ASCX gives me a 404 in asp.net?

Question

I am trying to load an ascx file using ajax inside a page using jQuery.

It seems to however return a 404.7 and the url exists and is correct.

I get the same issue on IIS and when executing the project in VS locally.

Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Even if I try to enter the correct url in a web browser I get the same error.

Thanks

Answer 1

According to HTTP 404.7 error message: "request filtering module is configured to deny the file extension"

Probably you have to allow ascx extension in your web.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
system.webServer>
<security>
  <requestFiltering>
    <fileExtensions allowUnlisted="true">
       <add fileExtension=".ascx" allowed="true" />

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