I moved my ASP.NET application to a virtual directory under “My Documents”. When I tried to run it, I got this error:<\/p>\n
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\nMicrosoft Development Environment
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\nError while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. Server side-error occurred on sending debug HTTP request.<\/p>\n
Make sure the server is operating correctly. Verify there are no syntax errors in web.config by doing a Debug.Start Without Debugging. You may also want to refer to the ASP.NET and ATL Server debugging topic in the online documentation.<\/p>\n
When I tried to Start Without Debugging, I got this page:<\/p>\n
Server Error in ‘\/web’ Application.
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Server cannot access application directory ‘C:\\Documents and Settings\\me\\My Documents\\Dir\\Subdir\\web\\’. The directory does not exist or is not accessible because of security settings.
\nDescription: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.<\/p>\n
Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Server cannot access application directory ‘C:\\Documents and Settings\\me\\My Documents\\Dir\\Subdir\\web\\’. The directory does not exist or is not accessible because of security settings.<\/p>\n
Source Error:<\/p>\n
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.<\/p>\n
Stack Trace:<\/p>\n
[HttpException (0x80004005): Server cannot access application directory ‘C:\\Documents and Settings\\me\\My Documents\\Dir\\Subdir\\web\\’. The directory does not exist or is not accessible because of security settings.]
\nSystem.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureAccessToApplicationDirectory() +72
\nSystem.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +263<\/p>\n
[HttpException (0x80004005): ASP.NET Initialization Error]
\nSystem.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +974
\nSystem.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest<\/p>\n
The solution was to give access to the My Documents folder to the ASPNET user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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