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IIS 6 default document error - "The system cannot find the file specified. "

I have set the IIS default document for my site to index.asp. It simply will not find this document unless i manually type it into the address.

http://IPaddres/index.asp - works
http://IPaddress - fails

The error I get is:
"The system cannot find the file specified. "

I set the default document in IIS6 on Windows 2003. This server was just setup recently. Has anbody ran into this trouble or have any ideas what might cause this to fail??

Thanks,
jordan

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I had same problem with II6. Remove and readd the web site to get the mapping to work. It is related to some issue in the metabase.

-rca

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It is the only website I have on the site.

anderson22 - I will give that a shot.

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I had ASP enabled. I reinstalled IIS and it works now. I am not sure what got corrupted!

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How does one check to see if .asp is allowed?

BRAND NEW to IIS 6.0 (wishing we didn't use it).

From IIS Console, Web services node (next to web sites)

Don't wish that, it is much better than 5