Joomla index.php page is automatically redirected with "not found" error

Question

I am trying to copy a joomla website to a sub domain of a website: http://sub.domain.com. Database and everything seems fine. When I access http://sub.domain.com, the website is automatically redirected to: http://sub.domain.com/en/index.php and the error is:

The page cannot be found

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HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)

Technical Information (for support personnel)

Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 404.
Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Common Administrative Tasks, and About Custom Error Messages.

Yes, I deploy the joomla site on an IIS server but I am sure it is running both for php as well as asp.net.

Any idea about this auto-redirection and how can I solve this?

Answer 1

For me the solution was to TURN OFF Search engine friendly URL's.

After installing Joomla it was turned on. I already tried the above options. no result.

When hovering my mouse over the second menubutton I did not see the the php code to that article in the left lower corner of my browser but just mywebsite/folder1/folder2/

and not something like : index.php?options=com and so on.....

So I tried to switch OFF the Search engine friendly URL's after I already had the articles, categories and menu's. And it worked.