Visual Studio .NET 2003 won't create a new web application

[cyberia]

I am installing VS.NET 2003 on a Win XP SP2 machine. IIS 5.1 is installed on this same machine.

When I try to create a new web application (or open an existing web project), I get

The Web server reported the following error when attempting to create or open the Web project located at the following URL: 'http://localhost/WebApplication2'. 'HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error'.

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I tried uninstalling/reinstalling IIS and VS.NET, repairing VS.NET, playing with file permissions for ASPNET user account. Nothing seems to help.

Please tell me someone has a solution for this problem before this PC flies out the window.

Thanks.

 

[KB]

I have had this problem before. It was a while back and I think the problem was caused because I had to register asp.net with IIS. To do that go to the .net framework directory C:\windows\MIcrosoft.net\Framework\v1.1.XXXX\ and run aspnet_regiis -i

Also is your firewall turned off?

 

[cyberia]

I tried aspnet_regiis -i, and that did not help.

I had thought about the firewall and tried to disable Port 80 protection. That did not help either. I remember getting a different error message on another PC when the firewall was an issue.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: cyberia
I tried aspnet_regiis -i, and that did not help.

I had thought about the firewall and tried to disable Port 80 protection. That did not help either. I remember getting a different error message on another PC when the firewall was an issue.

Did you run it from the Visual Studio 2003 command prompt?

 

[xtknight]

Do you have IIS running? ASP enabled in IIS control panel?

 

[cyberia]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: cyberia
I tried aspnet_regiis -i, and that did not help.

I had thought about the firewall and tried to disable Port 80 protection. That did not help either. I remember getting a different error message on another PC when the firewall was an issue.

Did you run it from the Visual Studio 2003 command prompt?

Yes, and just did it again just in case. Still no worky.

 

[cyberia]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Do you have IIS running? ASP enabled in IIS control panel?

Yes, IIS is running. Where do I enable ASP in IIS? Is that Properties -> Home Directory tab -> Configuration... -> Debugging tab -> Enable ASP server-side script debugging?

If yes, I tried that too. It shouldn't prevent me from creating an application though.

 

[Cander]

What happens when you go into your browser and type http://localhost?

 

[cyberia]

Good question. Same d*mn thing. "HTTP 500 - Internal server error "

 

[MrChad]

Any messages in your event viewer? What about your IIS logs (C:\WINDOWS\system32\Logfiles)?

 

[cyberia]

Thank you everyone for all the help so far.

This is what I get in the System Event Log when I try to create a new web application project in VS.NET:

The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC'. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found.
'.
For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

and this when I go to http://localhost:

The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'. The error was 'Class not registered
'.
For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

And this is the IIS log file:

#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.1
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2005-11-09 20:59:12
#Fields: time c-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem sc-status
20:59:12 127.0.0.1 GET /WebApplication2/get_aspx_ver.aspx 500
20:59:12 127.0.0.1 GET /get_aspx_ver.aspx 500
21:04:24 127.0.0.1 GET /WebApplication2/get_aspx_ver.aspx 500
21:04:24 127.0.0.1 GET /get_aspx_ver.aspx 500
21:51:59 127.0.0.1 GET /iisstart.asp 500
22:01:51 127.0.0.1 GET /iisstart.asp 500

 

[MrChad]

Here are some tips that may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309051

 

[cyberia]

Originally posted by: MrChad
Here are some tips that may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309051

Thank you, thank you! It worked. I had to go all the way to the last step 6 in that document. That's what finally fixed the issue.

Thank you everyone for all the great suggestions.