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IExplorer or IIS locks the file after viewing it

I am using MS IIS v4 from the Option Pack, and viewing the web with IExplorer 4. After viewing a file located on my server, either Explorer or IIS locks the file and I can't change it for about a minute. This is very annoying when creating a web and finetuning the layout. Does anyone recognize the problem?

Thanks for any help,
Martin

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sybe

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mnprsd

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Hmm... I must say that I was really positive when I saw your answer, but it didn't work. I tried both the registry settings, and the changes for the .html/.htm application. It is the ISAPI applications, right?

If you know any thing that might cause this problem, please reply.

sybe

you'll have to restart after changing the setting, did you ?

sybe

I'll look at it after the weekend when i am at work, I have solved this problem several times.

mnprsd

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Yeah. First I only restarted the services, but since that didn't work I restarted the whole computer. Still nothing. You didn't explicitly say that the DisableMemoryCache should be a DWORD, but I assumed it.

sybe

I checked at my pc at work, and I got DisableMemoryCache set to 1 (not to 0 as i first said). That works fine with me.

About IIS4 setting:
- chose properties of a website
- select Home Directory
- click on "configuration"

There you see a list of extensions which will be handled by external exe or dll files.
Add .htm and .html and let them run over asp.dll (just like .asp and .asa)

Hope this works.

mnprsd

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It worked, really. I was enough to set the registry settings. Thanks!!