Re: CGI Tries to download not execute - IIS 6

From: Ganesh Anekar [MSFT] (Ganesh_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:02:19 -0800

Hello,

You will need to enable CGI extension in IIS 6.Please refer to following KB
articles:

328360 How to enable and disable ISAPI extensions and CGI applications in
IIS
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328360

328419 How To Add and Remove Web Service Extension Files in IIS 6.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328419

HTH.
Thanks,
Ganesh Anekar
Microsoft Developer Support
Internet Information Server
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>I built a new machine and everytime I tried to execute the CGI instead
> of executing it tries to download the exe to the web browser.
>
> In the IIS Manager in my CGI folder I set properties
> Execute Permissions: to Scripts and Executables.
>
> Why wont it run and always try to download?
>
> This is an old CGI I have used on IIS 5 for years.
>
> Please help, thanks, Ed,

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