HTTP/1.1 New Application Failed

Question

i just moved from my old host to Godaddy, which seems to be a worst web host with no support.

i moved my asp website (written in classic asp) to the new godaddy windows hosting. but when i run the site i get the below error

HTTP/1.1 New Application Failed

this site worked perfectly with my previous host.

below is what i have in my web.config file

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
        <asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>
    </system.webServer>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="Off"/>
        <compilation debug="true"/>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

can someone tell me why am i getting that error and how can i fix it?

any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

I had the same issue moving a website from one hosting account (classic windows) to another (plesk), both on GoDaddy. After much headache troubleshooting, I managed to fix it by removing the whole <asp> tag from the web.config file;

    <!-- <asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/> -->

IIS 8 (only option in plesk) does not support this option altogether and configuring detailed error messaging is done differently using:

    <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" existingResponse="PassThrough" />

You can find further instructions on this GoDaddy support page

Answer 2

I just encountered the same error this morning after renaming some Websites in IIS. A restart of IIS got my sites up and running again in seconds. Presumably the .config files are read on startup and 'likely' the cause of this error for me.