Wildcard application map causing error on umbraco homepage

Question

I'm trying to setup my umbraco site so that it does not use the .aspx extension. I made the necessary changes to the config files, but when I added the wilcard application mapping in IIS the homepage now comes back with an object reference error (at System.Web.UI.Control.ResolveClientUrl) if I try to access it from at the root (i.e. http://site.com/). The error doesn't occur if I add the default.aspx or if I browse to /home (the root node). Is there something else I need to setup to get the root node to run at the root url?

Answer 1

This is actually a problem with asp.net rather than merely umbraco - I found the answer on a DotNetNuke forum. The ResolveClientUrl function cannot handle a '/' URL. This was fixed by installing the latest service pack for asp.net 2.0.