BUG: Error Creating New Web Project from a Restored Backup

• Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When trying to create a new Web project from a restored backup the following error occurs:

An HTTP error occurred. The server could not complete your request. Contact your Internet service provider or Web server administrator to make sure that the server has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed, and that the Web application exists on that server.

CAUSE

The problem is that the Web project has been restored from a backup, and the Internet Information Server (IIS) Execute permissions haven't been set for the _VTI_BIN directory (and sub directories) in the Web project. This is a side effect of a winnt backup/restore.

RESOLUTION

Go into the Microsoft Management Console and turn on Execute privileges for an existing Web project's _VTI_BIN dir.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Go into the Microsoft Management Console and turn off Execute privileges for an existing Web project's _VTI_BIN dir.



2. Attempt to connect to that existing project in Visual InterDev.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbExtension kbVisID600bug kbWebServer kbGrpASP
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug