Re: Default document default.aspx fails to resolve

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From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 00:15:37 +0200

I think that this is some kind of Sharepoint behavior. Have you tried to ask
in a newsgroup about sharepoint, and see if they know about this? 

-- 
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
http://www.ilopia.com - When you need help!
"Chip Mitchell" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ccd501c4392f$273271c0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Kristofer,
> The filename given is the last part of the web site
> address, e.g., where URL is www.domainname.foldername the
> filename displayed in error is 'foldername'(which of
> course does not have the aspx extension)
> The only ISAPI filter shown by IIS running for the
> Default web site is 'stsfltr.dll' which I suspect is one
> installed by WindowsSharePointServices.
>
> Chip
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >When you get this "Windows cannot open this file", what
> is the filename? Is
> >it the file with the aspx extension? Do you have any
> ISAPI filters running
> >that could cause this (for example modifying headers)?
> If you open the file
> >with Notepad, do you get the html code, or the ASP.NET
> code?
> >
> >It would be interesting to know exactly what they did :-)
> >
> >-- 
> >Regards,
> >Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
> >http://www.ilopia.com - When you need help!
> >
> >
> >"Chip Mitchell" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:cc7201c43922$23ba26d0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Yes.  Restarted IIS.  Also rebooted computer several
> >> times.
> >> Yes.  I double-checked that default.aspx is at top of
> >> list of default documents.
> >> A little more info. on error result when browsing to
> site
> >> (s):
> >> Do not get a 404 error, rather a standard windows error
> >> indicating that is does not know what application to
> use
> >> to open the web site, i.e. "Windows cannot open this
> >> file.  File name:xxxxxxx.  To open this file Windows
> >> needs to know what application created it...."
> >> It appears like a common unknown file extension message
> >> you would get in Windows.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> >> Chip
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Hello,
> >> >
> >> >If the settings are correct, then it should work. Have
> >> you tried to restart
> >> >IIS?
> >> >Are you sure that the file is moved to the top of the
> >> list of default
> >> >documents?
> >> >
> >> >-- 
> >> >Regards,
> >> >Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
> >> >http://www.ilopia.com - When you need help!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"Chip Mitchell" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote in message
> >> >news:cb5701c438fa$a4ca0920$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> After some 'helpful' coworkers tried to help me
> resolve
> >> >> another issue on my Windows SharePoint Services
> trial
> >> >> beta server using IIS 6.0. I can no longer
> >> >> browse to any of the sites without specifying the
> >> actual
> >> >> start filename, which is default.aspx for all of the
> >> >> sites.  I have set the default document to
> default.aspx
> >> >> in IIS for all the web site folders and looked
> >> everywhere
> >> >> else I can but to no avail.  Help!
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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