IIS Express Error http 404.17 – not found running a WCF service

Question

I just created a WCF Service Application in VS2013 with framework 3.5. for exposing some methods I have in a class library project.

Everything went fine but when I tried to see if the service runs, it doesn't. Instead I got the next error.

HTTP Error 404.17 - Not Found The requested content appears to be script and will not be served by the static file handler.

Most likely causes: The request matched a wildcard mime map. The request is mapped to the static file handler. If there were different pre-conditions, the request will map to a different handler.

Things you can try: If you want to serve this content as a static file, add an explicit MIME map.

I have dealt with it on IIS, but now in IIS Expres I'm kinda lost.

I don't have IIS installed on this machine since I'm using a remote one, but I need to debug some things and I'm stuck. Thanks for any help.

I also did run servicesmodelreg -i with visual command prompt, but error persists.

UPDATE

It may be usefull to clarfy it only happens in IIS Express so it is impacting development. I have VS2013 updated to the latest patch running on Win 8.1 64bit

Answer 1

Seems WCF mapping are not registered with IIS.

To solve the above error:

• Navigate to "

  %SYSTEMROOT%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation

" at the Visual Studio command prompt.

• Execute "servicemodelreg -i" to install the mappings manually.

For more details refer :ServiceModel Registration Tool (ServiceModelReg.exe) on MSDN.

-

Alternatively,

enable HTTP Activation for WCF services in Windows features.

1. Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Programs, and then click Programs and Features.
3. On the Tasks menu, click Turn Windows features on or off.
4. Select the WCF Non-Http Activation Components box and save the setting.

Source :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms732012(v=vs.110).aspx