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Running ASP.NET development server locally

Hi:

I am running VS 2012 and am making use of the local asp.net dev server that VS provides. However, on CTRL+F5 I get the following error:

HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden

The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.

Most likely causes:
•A default document is not configured for the requested URL, and directory browsing is not enabled on the server.

Things you can try:
•If you do not want to enable directory browsing, ensure that a default document is configured and that the file exists.
• Enable directory browsing. 1.Go to the IIS Express install directory.
2.Run appcmd set config /section:system.webServer/directoryBrowse /enabled:true to enable directory browsing at the server level.
3.Run appcmd set config ["SITE_NAME"] /section:system.webServer/directoryBrowse /enabled:true to enable directory browsing at the site level.

•Verify that the configuration/system.webServer/directoryBrowse@enabled attribute is set to true in the site or application configuration file.

So it says: Run appcmd set config /section:system.webServer/directoryBrowse /enabled:true to enable directory browsing at the server level. But it doesn't recognize the command appcmd on local computer.

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LuckyLucks

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I don't have a server...so no IIS...just my local PC.

LuckyLucks

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So, I am following this article: http://www.iis.net/configreference/system.webserver/directorybrowse

Under the Configuration subsection, I can not add the enabled = true attribute for the section name="directoryBrowse" as its not a recognized tag. This is in the IISExpress/config folder's applicationhost config file.

<sectionGroup name="system.webServer">

<section name="asp" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="caching" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
<section name="cgi" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="defaultDocument" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
<section name="directoryBrowse" overrideModeDefault="Allow"/>
<section name="fastCgi" allowDefinition="AppHostOnly" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="globalModules" allowDefinition="AppHostOnly" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="handlers" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="httpCompression" allowDefinition="AppHostOnly" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="httpErrors" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
<section name="httpLogging" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="httpProtocol" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
<section name="httpRedirect" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
<section name="httpTracing" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="isapiFilters" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="modules" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
<section name="odbcLogging" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />

Secondly, the appcmd is not a recognized command as mentioned in the initial question.

LuckyLucks

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Ok was a combination of things but as this was the only comment posted.