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Asked: 2026-05-25T15:48:19+00:00

I’m a real newbie for ASP.NET web development, having a background in Java. A

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I’m a real newbie for ASP.NET web development, having a background in Java. A friend has an ASP.NET 3.0 deployment running on IIS. He can’t find the original project files created in Visual Studio 2008 and has asked me to give him a hand.

Is it possible to recreate the project from the deployment on IIS? I see lots of ASPX and and CS files so in the inetpub[domain]\httpdocs directory.

I don’t see the .SLN file. I assume that’s what he needs. Would it be a real chore to rebuild? Are there any assets or source files that won’t be deployed to ISS that I’d need to recreate?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If it’s a compiled web application project the code will be in a compiled assembly in the bin folder. This can be decompiled with .NET reflector. The source will be readable but not as original.

    If it’s a website project you’re in luck. The code files will be in the website structure (*.aspx.cs or *.aspx.vb). These will constitute pretty much all of the assets you need to recreate the site in Visual Studio. Creating a project and solution file to manage these in VS will be the easy bit.

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