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Asked: 2026-05-24T02:25:17+00:00

Question: In my ASP.NET web solution, I have a directory called redlines. Into it,

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In my ASP.NET web solution, I have a directory called redlines.

Into it, I put this web.config, to make the directory browsable.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Now it works fine.
But when I move the entire redlines directory into App_Data, wanting to browser the folder redlines, I get HTTP 403.

I copy the same web.config into App_Data, because I thought that might help, but it didn’t.

What’s the problem ? (IIS development server, Visual Studio 2010)

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  1. Editorial Team

    App_Data is a protected folder, you cannot access it via the url. This is baked into the ASP.NET system, I don’t know if you can override it? Its the same if you try to download some other reserved files such as web.config.

    The App_Data folder is designed to store your sensitive data in it. You can use a HttpHandler to serve up files if you want to give files out that live in there.

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