IIS 500.19 with 0x80070005 The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid error

Question

I want to upload my own asp.net website on IIS with IIS Manager. But when I do this, I get the following error

HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid

Module IIS Web Core
Notification Unknown
Handler Not yet determined
Error Code 0x80070005
Config Error Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions
Config File \\?\C:\Users\Yasso\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\WebSites\WebSite5\web.config

I searched many times for a solution for this error, but none of the solutions solved the error.

I have a problem with my IUSR account. I can't see this account in the "group or user names" in the properties of the web.config.

What is the problem?

Answer 1

This can also happen if the site is configured to use the IIS URL Rewrite module but it is not installed.

Answer 2

Finally, I got the solution for my problem. The ASP.net account did not appear in the IIS manager, because I didn’t check its checkbox in IIS. To do this in Windows 7 follow the steps:

1. Open control panel
2. Click on “program” link (not uninstall programs)
3. Click “turn windows features on/off” link
4. Locate “Internet Information services IIS” in the pop up window and expand its node
5. Expand the “World Wide Web Service” node
6. Expand “Application Development Features” node
7. Check the check box of “ASP.NET”
8. Then click ok button

Now, you will see the ASP.net account on the IIS manager and by default you will see the IIS account. Now, you should move your ASP.net website from “my document” to another place where the IIS have permission to access it (i.e. to another partition on your computer). Now, browse your website from the IIS manager and it should work.

Thanks a lot for Jeff Turner for the solution.