I ran aspnet_regiis.exe -i (once I found where it was) and the cmd window popped up and said it was starting asp.net. I thought to myself, why is it starting now? Anyway, after awhile the cmd window disappeared and I tried running my aspx file and ... it worked! Thanks Greg!!

Still, I wonder why i had to do that? I thought ASP.NET was already running after booting up. I guess that means I have to run that after I boot, whenever I do ASP.NET development.

Btw, I think I remember re-installing .net framework 1.1 and the .net sdk 1.1 after installing IIS, because I did in fact do the reverse (reverse being IIS after .NET), but like I said, it still didn't work until I ran aspnet_regiis.exe -i.

Again, thanks a ton!!

It is because once you install IIS you setup the links between the extentsions and IIS, by installing .Net first you don't have the ASP.Net mappings as the install can't locate IIS to install the pointers in, which is basically all the re-reg function does.

In the same way you can't open a .DOC file on a new PC until you install Office although it is still a Windows PC.

<caveat> I know the example is not 'strictly' true, but you get the idea </caveat>

Hey greg,
   Thanks for the info. I shall try it on my system at work and shall let u know what happened.
    Femina.

Femina

Hey thanks Greg and Imar who directed me to this page. I had exactly the same problems and when I ran aspnet_regiis.exe -i the scripts ran perfectly. Thanks alot guys.

I'm a complete and total idiot, so could someone explain a bit more how to run this command? Do I just go the command line and type it? Currently, I'm using Web Matrix to write and run my code, but I'd love to skip that step and this sounds like it might be the way to do it.

I would type aspnet_regiis.exe in google and you should come up with some Mircosoft pages. That's what I done. I had to go into the Dos windows

Hi Femmina
i got the same problem running a 2003server box have the frame work installed and i still get the page cannot be found error? dont know why. ill attach the documentation from microsoft:)


The following command installs the script maps pointing to the ASP.NET version associated with Aspnet_regiis.exe to the SampleApp1 application and all its sub-applications.

Aspnet_regiis -s W3SVC/1/ROOT/SampleApp1
The following command only updates the script maps for the SampleApp1 application, without affecting applications in subdirectories.

Aspnet_regiis -sn W3SVC/1/ROOT/SampleApp1
The following command installs the ASP.NET version associated with the tool and updates the script maps of all existing ASP.NET applications. Note that only applications that are currently mapped to an earlier version of ASP.NET are affected.

Aspnet_regiis -i
The following command installs the ASP.NET version associated with the tool, but does not update the script maps of existing ASP.NET applications

Aspnet_regiis -ir
The following command displays the status and installation path of all versions of ASP.NET installed on the computer.

Aspnet_regiis -lv

Ok i got it. hope this works for you too
in iis goto your web service extensions and enable asp.net
as well as doing the aspnet_regiis -i this should fix it
best of luck

Hi Everyone.

I have a question regarding ASP. I am writing a page that simply takes in information in an html textarea, and through ASP, checks the data against an ms-access database table. If the information is correct, the asp page redirects you to another page, otherwise it goes to a page stating an incorrect password was provided.

I have IIS installed on my OS (Windows XP Pro). I have created a virtual directory pointing to the directory I have my html and asp files in. When I try and enter information into the password area, instead of processing the code and opening a connection to the DB, the entire asp page (both html and asp code) are displayed. Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

Guys, don't worry about my last post, I figured it out.