ASP.Net debug directory monitoring exception

Question

When I start my ASP.Net 4.0 web app in debug mode, I'm getting the following exception:

System.Web.HttpException occurred Message=Invalid file name for file monitoring: 'C:\src\main-232\src\ZNode\Znode_MultiFront\Web\Controls\Cat5\Navigation'. Common reasons for failure include: - The filename is not a valid Win32 file name. - The filename is not an absolute path. - The filename contains wildcard characters. - The file specified is a directory. - Access denied. Source=System.Web ErrorCode=-2147024809 WebEventCode=0 StackTrace: at System.Web.DirectoryMonitor.AddFileMonitor(String file) InnerException:

The thing is, the file this is pointing to IS a directory, so why does Visual Studio 2010 think it's a file? I'm running this on IIS 7 on my local machine

Answer 1

Based on the Access Denied part of the message, I would imagine that IIS doesn't have NTFS permissions to the folder in question.