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Asked: 2026-05-13T09:28:42+00:00

I’ve used the UrlRewriting.Net module for a couple years now without any problems in

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I’ve used the UrlRewriting.Net module for a couple years now without any problems in Windows XP and Windows 2003. I just recently upgraded my home PC to Windows 7 and started developing a new website.

The plan was to use .html extensions and rewrite them to their .aspx counterparts using the UrlRewriting.Net module. Everything works flawlessly in VWD 2008, but when I try running it through IIS7 it is a different story.

When I try to access a page via the .html rewrite I can no longer access Page.User; it keeps returning null. If I hit the page using it’s .aspx extension, Page.User is correctly populated. I should also mention that I have a LoginView controller in my Master Page and it suffers from the same symptoms: When accessing via .html extension it shows the AnonyousTemplate; When using .aspx extension it properly shows the LoggedInTemplate. I’m guessing the two are related.

[Note: I’ve also tried extensionless URLs and they exhibit the same problem]

The only way I’ve gotten it to work is to switch the application pool to Classic, which then requires me to add an ASP.Net ddl handler for the .html extension [otherwise it is handled by the StaticFileHandler and comes up as a 404 error]. However, I’d like my web app to run properly for people without having to fiddle around with IIS.

So I am left with several questions:

  • Does anyone have ideas as to why Page.User always equals null for .html => .aspx rewritten pages?
  • Why does it work in VWD 2008, but not IIS7?
  • What changed from IIS6 => IIS7 that could have caused this?
  • Any other thoughts on workarounds?

[Note: I just tried a .aspx => .aspx rewrite and it did not exhibit the problem. Not really what I want, but thought I should mention it.]

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just had a breakthrough with the UrlRewriting.Net module. This makes it work in Integrated Mode in IIS7:

    <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">

    After figuring it out I did a search on “runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests” and the first thing that popped up was Scott Guthrie’s blog which actually talks about using it for this purpose.

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