Hi,

I published the website to C:\MyWebSite and created a virtual directory WebSite pointing to it. Now when i try to access the page as localhost/WebSite/MyDefault.aspx, i get the following error:

Server Error in '/' Application. 

Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: An error occurred loading a configuration file: Failed to start monitoring changes to 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Config\machine.config' because access is denied.

It seems like a very generic error and i checked all the settings of the virtual directory and nothing seems to be wrong to me unless i'm missing out something. Can you pls suggest what i can do?

Thank You! 

Sounds like you need to make sure that .NET gets access to the c:\MyWebSite directory

machinename\ASPNET

Hi,

I did add this into security settings of the c:\MyWebSite directory but still getting the same error. Is there something else i can do. Please help!

Thank You! 

In IIS, is the directory configured as an application?  Also make sure that the version of .net is configured properly (1.1 or 2.0) in IIS.

Yes, it is. I have the application name created and have 2.0 selected on the ASP.NET tab.. I am so frustrated now :(

Also, its happening for all the websites that i publish and try to access on my machine. Although, all of them run just fine before i publish them to a separate location. I dont know what am i missing here.

Thank You!

Hi abhiutd,

The error message shows that accessing to the machine.config is denied. Have your checked the permission of ?machineName\ASPNET? account on this file: ?C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Config\machine.config? on the server? Please right click the ?machine.config? file, and then select ?Properties?. The ?machineName\ASPNET? account should have ?Read& Execute? and ?Read? allow permission.

Actually the ASPNET account by default has ?Read & Execute?, ?List Folder Contents? and ?Read? permissions on the ?C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\? directory, and all of its contents inherit this permission except explicitly deny settings.

In addition, if grant permission of the folder and files cannot fix the issue, please try to reinstall ASP.NET 1.1 by running this command:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis -i

Just a reminder, we should do the above operations on the server.

Re-installing ASP.NET 2.0 using aspnet_regiis -i worked. Although i would like to know why do i have to reinstall it in this case whereas i was able to run my application using VS2005.Thank You!