When you use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 to create a
new Web project, and then you connect to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 as the
Web server, a
Web Access Failed dialog box appears and you
receive the following error message:
The default Web
access mode for this project is set to file share, but the project folder at
'http://localhost/WebApplication1' cannot be opened with the path
'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\WebApplication1'. The error returned was: Unable to create
web project 'WebApplication1'. The file path
'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\WebApplication1' does not correspond to the URL
'http://localhost/WebApplication1'. The two need to map to the same server
location. HTTP Error 404: Not Found
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This problem occurs because Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS) 6.0 blocks all file name extensions that are not explicitly
mapped. By default, the .tmp file name extension is not mapped on IIS 6.0 for
security reasons. During the process of creating a Web project, Visual Studio
.NET 2002 tests to confirm that the URL and the UNC path match. To do this,
Visual Studio .NET writes a file that has the .tmp extension to the server, and
then Visual Studio .NET requests this file from the server through an HTTP
request. Because the .tmp extension is not mapped on IIS 6.0, IIS returns HTTP
Error 404. This causes Visual Studio .NET to return the error message that is
described in the "Symptoms" section.
Note This problem does not occur when you use Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET 2003 because this version of Visual Studio .NET uses a file that has the
.htm file name extension for this process.
This article offers a
hotfix to solve the problem that is described in the "Symptoms" section of this
article. However, alternate workarounds to this problem exist.
For additional information, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
327283 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327283/)
BUG: Cannot Create Web Projects on Windows Server 2003
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Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
837234 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837234/) List of bugs that are fixed in Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1
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Hotfix information
The English
version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in
the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in
coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is
converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use
the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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28-Oct-2003 14:03 7.0.9745.0 917,504 Csproj.dll
28-Oct-2003 05:58 7.0.9745.0 176,128 Csprojui.dll
28-Oct-2003 13:43 7.0.9745.0 311,296 Dirprj.dll
28-Oct-2003 13:57 7.0.9745.0 1,400,832 Msvbprj.dll
28-Oct-2003 05:57 7.0.9745.0 180,224 Msvbprjui.dll
28-Oct-2003 07:38 7.0.9745.0 253,952 Visualstudioteamcore.dll
28-Oct-2003 07:36 7.0.9745.0 888,832 Vsavb7dt.dll
28-Oct-2003 07:36 7.0.9745.0 999,424 Vsavb7rt.dll
28-Oct-2003 07:37 7.0.9745.0 794,624 Vsavbproj.dll
28-Oct-2003 14:02 7.0.9745.0 2,981,888 Vsscc.dll
28-Oct-2003 13:43 7.0.9745.0 311,296 Dirprj.dll
28-Oct-2003 07:38 7.0.9745.0 253,952 Visualstudioteamcore.dll
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Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section of this article. This problem was first corrected in Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1.
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