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Asked: 2026-05-11T02:53:46+00:00

Is it possible to set an .ashx file as the starting (or default) page

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Is it possible to set an .ashx file as the starting (or default) page for a web application? If so, how is it done?

Edit – Some good suggestions. I have added ‘Default.ashx’ to the IIS Default Documents and ‘Enabled Default Document’ on the website, however, it only displays a directory listing even though I have disabled directory browsing.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated. (IIS Version 5.1)

Edit – Restarted IIS and it works.

Question – May I also ask if it is possible to set the start page to an .ashx from within Visual Studio 2005? I can’t seem to debug from within Visual Studio after doing this.

Answer – In the Application Properties a ‘Start Action’ can be selected under the ‘Web’ tab. In fact, it also allows the selection of which Server/Port and Debugger to use. Very cool.

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  1. Add your ASHX page and make sure you move it to the top of the list.

    And in IIS7, you can specify it in web.config:

    <system.webServer>     <defaultDocument>         <files>             <clear />             <add value='my_default_page.ASHX' />         </files>     </defaultDocument> </system.webServer>

    More information in this blog post

    EDIT: As @waves discovered, you might need to restart IIS after the configuration.

    To disable directory browsing, uncheck the ‘Directory Browsing’ checkbox:

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