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IIS 5.1 not resolving Virtual Directory

I set up a Virtual Directory called 'Site'. I browse to http://localhost/Site/default.aspx, and it loads. However, when I click on anything on the page, say Page1.aspx, it goes to http://localhost/Page1.aspx instead of the expected http://localhost/Site/Page1.aspx.

In the source file, the relative paths are coded as '/Page1.aspx', for example, and it has worked in the past.

I'm using Win XP Pro SP3 and IIS 5.1. Any ideas on what might be causing this behavior?

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Try converting the virtual directory to an application.

Gmoliv  2010-10-13 21:36:07
It is one, called 'Site', with Medium (Pooled) application protection.
jehuty  2010-10-13 21:39:38
+1  A: 

The correct home page URL in this case should be:

http://localhost/default.aspx

What happens when you try that?

IrishChieftain  2010-10-13 21:42:16
If I set the 'Default Web Site' to the project folder instead of using the Virtual Directory, it does work. The problem is I have a few different solutions to host locally, and this way, I'd only be able to satisfy one!
jehuty  2010-10-13 21:46:15
That's correct. With IIS 5.1 you have to manually change the 'Default Web Site' to whatever you're working on.
IrishChieftain  2010-10-13 21:48:29
But in that case, would Virtual Directories be useful at all?
jehuty  2010-10-13 21:49:26
It's just an alias. In this case, "http://localhost" points to "site". With IIS7+ and ASP.NET 2.0+, you can simultaneously work on "http://localhost/site1" and "http://localhost/site2". Rest assured that you are doing nothing wrong - this is working as expected :-)
IrishChieftain  2010-10-13 21:52:28
A: 

The best workaround I found was using this little IIS utility, IISAdmin.NET, found at http://iisadmin.codeplex.com

jehuty  2010-10-14 13:52:27

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