Error : Mutex could not be created

Rohit Ranjan · February 11th, 2005, 06:41 AM

Hi,
While creating a web service I got the following error.
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            <span><H1>Server Error in '/EPApp1001' Application.</H1>

            <h2> <i>Mutex could not be created.</i> </h2></span>

            <b> Description: </b>An unhandled exception occurred during the exec
ution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more informa
tion about the error and where it originated in the code.

            <br><br>

            <b> Exception Details: </b>System.InvalidOperationException: Mutex c
ould not be created.<br><br>

            <b>Source Error:</b> <br><br>

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An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web req
uest. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be iden
tified using the exception stack trace below.</code>

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            <b>Stack Trace:</b> <br><br>

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                      <code><pre>

[InvalidOperationException: Mutex could not be created.]
   System.Web.Compilation.CompilationMutex..ctor(Bool ean initialOwner, String na
me, String comment) +212
   System.Web.Compilation.CompilationLock..cctor() +112

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for "System.Web.Compilat
ion.CompilationLock" threw an exception.]
   System.Web.Compilation.CompilationLock.SetMutexSta te(Int32 state) +0
   System.Web.UI.TemplateParser.GetParserCacheItemInt ernal(Boolean fCreateIfNotF
ound) +21
   System.Web.UI.TemplateParser.GetParserCacheItem() +32
   System.Web.UI.TemplateControlParser.CompileAndGetP arserCacheItem(String virtu
alPath, String inputFile, HttpContext context) +120
   System.Web.UI.TemplateControlParser.GetCompiledIns tance(String virtualPath, S
tring inputFile, HttpContext context) +36
   System.Web.UI.PageParser.GetCompiledPageInstanceIn ternal(String virtualPath,
String inputFile, HttpContext context) +43
   System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.GetHandler(HttpCo ntext context, String reque
stType, String url, String path) +44
   System.Web.HttpApplication.MapHttpHandler(HttpCont ext context, String request
Type, String path, String pathTranslated, Boolean useAppConfig) +691
   System.Web.MapHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.Http Application+IExecutionStep.
Execute() +95
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionS tep step, Boolean& comp
letedSynchronously) +173
</pre></code>

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            <b>Version Information:</b> Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.
1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032

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Can anyone give me some clue to fix it.

regards,
Rohit

Rohit

mgmrox · November 14th, 2005, 10:58 AM

Have you found the solution yet? I am having the same issue. I have installed visual studio 2005 and it started happening. My wks is XP and I know that XP runs IIS 5.1 and not 6.0. I also installed Sql Server 2005. I wonder if I need IIS 6.0. If so I have to upgrade my development wks to server 2003, I hope not.