Using IIS 6 on XP Server ’03, using WP 3.2.1, when I attempt to use the auto-update for my plugins, I receive this message: The update process is starting. This process may take a while on some hosts, so please be patient. Enabling Maintenance mode… Updating Plugin [Plugin Name] (1/1) Downloading update from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/polldaddy.2.0.10.zip… Unpacking … Read more
I just discovered that every request in an ASP.Net web application gets a Session lock at the beginning of a request, and then releases it at the end of the request! In case the implications of this are lost on you, as it was for me at first, this basically means the following: Anytime an … Read more
I’m getting this error message when trying to run my application. I don’t know how to fix it: HTTP Error 404.3 – Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should be downloaded, add a MIME … Read more
Under Windows Server 2008 with ASP.NET 4.0 installed there is a whole slew of related user accounts, and I can’t understand which one is which, how to they differ, and which one is REALLY the one that my app runs under. Here’s a list: IIS_IUSRS IUSR DefaultAppPool ASP.NET v4.0 NETWORK_SERVICE LOCAL SERVICE. What is what? … Read more
I have a web project in my solution file that is “unavailable” when I open the solution. When I right-click on the web project and reload the project, I get the following error: The Web Application Project mycompany.myapp.mywebproject is configured to use IIS. The Web Server ‘http://localhost/MyWebApp could not be found. I have not manually … Read more
I have a project that requires my URLs have dots in the path. For example I may have a URL such as www.example.com/people/michael.phelps URLs with the dot generate a 404. My routing is fine. If I pass in michaelphelps, without the dot, then everything works. If I add the dot I get a 404 error. … Read more
Traditionally I use custom domains with my localhost development server. Something along the lines of: dev.example.com dev.api.example.com This has provided me a ton of flexibility when working with external APIs such as Facebook. This has worked great in the past with the built-in Visual Studio Development Server because all I needed to do was add … Read more
How can I quickly determine what the root URL is for my ASP.NET MVC application? I.e., if IIS is set to serve my application at http://example.com/foo/bar, then I’d like to be able to get that URL in a reliable way that doesn’t involve getting the current URL from the request and chopping it up in … Read more
I have an asp.net MVC 4 solution. When I try to open it using Visual studio 2012, I get following error: Microsoft Visual Studio Configuring Web https://localhost: for ASP.NET 4.5 failed. You must manually configure this site for ASP.NET 4.5 in order for the site to run correctly. Could not find the server https://localhost:44300/ on … Read more
Ok, what I have: Visual Studio 2010 RC, W7 x64, started a new project type of Silverlight application. Hosting the Silverlight application in a ASP.NET Web Application Project. Silverlight Version 3.0. Added a LinqToSQL Class, a WCF Service, a Winform Tester Application (Project in the Solution) and a few Classes (also as Projects in the … Read more
