Two Web Applications and web.config issue

Hello. Just moved from another host and I have tried to test my site before updating DNS records.

I seem to have an issue here that my "Forum" application, which I have set as a separate web app, is still using the web.config from the root folder.

The error I get is:
Configuration Error body {font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;font-size: .7em;color:black;} p {font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;color:black;margin-top: -5px} b {font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:bold;color:black;margin-top: -5px} H1 { font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;font-size:18pt;color:red } H2 { font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;font-size:14pt;color:maroon } pre {font-family:"Lucida Console";font-size: .9em} .marker {font-weight: bold; color: black;text-decoration: none;} .version {color: gray;} .error {margin-bottom: 10px;} .expandable { text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold; color:navy; cursor:hand; } Server Error in '/forum' Application.

Configuration Error

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif]Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'FreeTextBox' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Source Error:

Line 26: Line 27: <httpHandlers> Line 28: <add verb="GET" path="FtbWebResource.axd" type="FreeTextBoxControls.AssemblyResourceHandler, FreeTextBox" /> Line 29: </httpHandlers> Line 30: <identity impersonate="true" />
Source File: E:\web\**myusername**\htdocs\web.config Line: 28

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'FreeTextBox' could not be loaded.

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF. To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1. Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging. To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog]. [/FONT]
I am not using the Freetextbox in Forum, which is another web app, and this is not the relevant web.config file.

Have I forgotten to do something obvious here? BTW, as usual is a response, it all works fine on my dev machine and on the other host's server.

 

The root web.config is being inherited by the sub web application. This behaviour can be prevented by adding <location path="." inheritInChildApplications="false"> to your root web.config

See this post for a further explanation:http://community.discountasp.net/showthread.php?p=29962#post29962

 

Thanks CrystalCMS. That was exactly it.