MMC: All Sites Are Stopped, and Opening a Web Site Causes "Unable to Enumerate Files and Directories..." Error Message

ID: Q241151

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When the Internet Service Manager (ISM) in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is opened, all sites under the computer are shown in the Stopped state, even though they may actually be running.

Also, attempting to open a Web site causes the following error message to be displayed:

Unable to enumerate files and directories because the following error occurred:
The system cannot find the path specified.

CAUSE

The Windows user account you're logged onto the computer with does not have the Administrator privilege.

RESOLUTION

Log onto the computer with a user account that has the Administrator privilege.

Additional query words: user name username errmsg kberrmsg permission

Keywords :
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb