I have just migrated from 2003 to 2012 and have problems requesting files with a .cfg extension. There were no such problems on 2003, so can anyone tell me how to "allow" requests to .cfg files in IIS 8? I've had a quick look at permissions, but I don't see the ASPNET User account like I used to in IIS 6. I'm stumped
I'm not quite sure what you mean exactly by 'allow' requests. In IIS7 or IIS8, you can connect to your site using IIS7 Manager by following the instructions in this Knowledge Base article: http://support.discountasp.net/KB/a400/how-to-connect-to-windows-2008iis-7-using-microsoft.aspx and add a Managed Handler Mapping if that's what you're looking for. For more information, please see this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753249(v=ws.10).aspx
Thanks for the links - they look promising. What I meant by "allow requests" is that I have two files in a folder: abc123.xml abc123.cfg If I browse to them, the xml file displays OK, but I get a 404 FILE NOT FOUND error for the .cfg file - even thought it actually exists. I have a bunch of hardware devices in the field that request configuration settings from the .cfg file and they get the same 404 error.
