Question

I’m running Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) using Visual Studio 2010 RC. I recently decided to have VS run/debug my apps on IIS rather than the dev server that comes with it.

However, every time I try to run an MVC app, I get the following error:

HTTP Error 403.14 – Forbidden The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory. Detailed

Error Information

Module DirectoryListingModule

Notification ExecuteRequestHandler

Handler StaticFile Error

Code 0x00000000 Requested

URL http://localhost:80/mySite/

Physical
Path C:\myProject\mySite\

Logon Method Anonymous Logon

User Anonymous

I placed a default.aspx file in the directory and I received the following error:

HTTP Error 500.21 – Internal Server
Error Handler
"PageHandlerFactory-Integrated" has a
bad module "ManagedPipelineHandler" in
its module list

Are there any other steps I forgot to take to get this working?

Notes: I installed IIS 7.5 after installing VS 2010 RC. I used the built-in "Create Virtual Directory" button under the "Web" tab in the MVC project’s "Properties" in Visual Studio 2010. I made sure that the application is using the ASP.NET 4 App Pool.

Below are the installed features of IIS I have.

Answer 1

ASP.NET 4 was not registered in IIS. Had to run the following command in the command line/run

32bit (x86) Windows

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis.exe -ir

64bit (x64) Windows

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis.exe -ir

Note from David Murdoch’s comment:

That the .net version has changed
since this Answer was posted. Check
which version of the framework is in
the %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64
directory and change the command
accordingly before running (it is
currently v4.0.30319)