ASP.Net tab in IIS missing.

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?

Answer 1

reinstall IIS

Answer 2

Did you try uninstalling and then reinstalling ASP.NET?

i.e.

aspnet_regiis -u

Then

aspnet_regiis -i

The uninstall and then reinstall have worked for me before.

Answer 3

Is this IIS6? I think you can go to the

1. Add/Remove Software
2. Windows Components
3. IIS
4. Make sure that ASP.NET is checked. I think this installs support for ASP.Net
5. re-run aspnet_regiis

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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)