How to set Allow Parent Paths in IIS Express Config using asp directive

Question

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I am running a classic asp web site in IISexpress. The same web site is also used in IIS 7.5 in a w7 pro and works fine enabling the parent paths in the IIS configuration of the web but trying to use the web.config in IISExpress does not work

The problem that I am experiencing is that in the suggested web.config in order to enable the parent paths:

    <configuration>
     <system.webServer>
      <asp 
         enableParentPaths="true" 
         bufferingOn="true" 
         errorsToNTLog="true" 
         appAllowDebugging="true" 
         appAllowClientDebug="true" 
         scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true">

         <session allowSessionState="true" />
         <cache diskTemplateCacheDirectory="%TEMP%\iisexpress\ASP Compiled Templates" />
         <limits />
      </asp>
     </system.webServer>
    </configuration>

I get a 500 error every time that I try to use any asp tag If I remove the asp tag it all works fine, Anybody has a clue? TIA

Answer 1

You have not read carefully. The configuration file that mentioned isn't web.config. It is applicationHost.config. As a shotcut:

Press Win+R

type

notepad "%userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config"

hit ⏎.

This will open the host configuration file with notepad. You need to find your web site's section. It's something like <location path="YourSiteName"> ... </location>. Look inside that node, find the <asp> section and change with yours. Finally, don't forget to remove the asp section from web.config.