Missing ASP.NET tab in IIS

Question

Hmm. I'm trying to deploy a web service to a new server and there is no ASP.NET tab. I've tried running aspnet_regiis from ASP.NET 2.0 directory but this doesn't seem to work. Any ideas anyone?

Solution 1

If you've had (or have...) VMware Server installed on this particular machine, the following steps will most likely fix the issue with minimal pain:

1. Stop the IISAdmin service (and its dependencies)
2. Open %windir%\system32\inetsrv\MetaBase.xml in a text editor
3. Delete the line that reads Enable32BitAppOnWin64="TRUE"
4. Restart your services using iisreset /start

Solution 2

Did you try uninstalling and then reinstalling ASP.NET?

i.e.

aspnet_regiis -u

and then

aspnet_regiis -i

The uninstall and then reinstall worked for me before.

Solution 3

The default install for IIS doesn't include ASP or .Net. You need to enable those in Windows Features menu where you installed IIS from. This shows the basic steps - they may be different for your IIS version and host OS.

Solution 4

This can have multiple causes ranging from installing IIS after the .NET Framework or the IIS metabase getting corrupted. The order I would go with is:

1. reinstall ASP.NET (as noted above: aspnet_regiis -u and then aspnet_regiis -i (found in the Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\vX.Y.Z directory)
2. If #1 does not resolve it, then reinstall IIS (remove/reinstall using Add/Remove Windows Components from Add/Remove Programs on XP/2003 or from Programs Control Panel Applet on Vista)

Solution 5

I resolved my problem with the following steps:

1) Set the necessary permissions in "C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv" and subfolders.

2) Do not compact this folder, subfolders or files inside.

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Comments

[Johnno Nolan]

ASP.net is checked unfortunately

[scott.korin]

This works as long as you don't need to run a 32bit application :(