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What I have found is that when you make a change that effects multiple pages, you need to authenticate again. &nbsp;Best practice is to work in a development environment and then move your modifications to &quot;Stage&quot;. &nbsp;This is the area where you test when pre-production. &nbsp;While I develop, I believe I work in a .NET 4.0 Framework setting. &nbsp;The servers that I move my code out to are on .NET 2.0-3.5, which is something else I have to be aware of while programming!<br />
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Since web.config is what your app looks at while running, you will need to do something to make sure it is looking at up-to-date code!<br />
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Ryan F
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What I have found is that when you make a change that effects multiple pages, you need to authenticate again.  Best practice is to work in a development environment and then move your modifications to "Stage".  This is the area where you test when pre-production.  While I develop, I believe I work in a .NET 4.0 Framework setting.  The servers that I move my code out to are on .NET 2.0-3.5, which is something else I have to be aware of while programming!

Since web.config is what your app looks at while running, you will need to do something to make sure it is looking at up-to-date code!

Ryan F

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I have an asp.net application deployed on IIS 6. Does a change to web.config file always restart the application? what about other files like within App_Code or bin folder?<br />
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Does IIS need a restart also?
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I have an asp.net application deployed on IIS 6. Does a change to web.config file always restart the application? what about other files like within App_Code or bin folder?

Does IIS need a restart also?

IIS, asp.net web application and web.config

The .NET Framework is not specific to any one programming language; rather, it includes a library of functions that allows developers to rapidly build applications. Several supported languages include C#, VB.NET, C++ or ASP.NET.

.NET Programming

The successor to Active Server Pages, ASP.NET websites utilize the .NET framework to produce dynamic, data and content-driven web applications and services. ASP.NET code can be written using any .NET supported language. As of 2009, ASP.NET can also apply the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern to web applications

ASP.NET

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.