Sorry, I forgot some important info:
App. was build using asp.net / vb.net in VS.NET 2003
The client has
Windows 2000 Server SP4, IIS5
Andrei.
"andrei" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Group,
>
> We have an asp.net application which we deploy to our customers using an
> installation kit created with a Web Setup Project (from Setup and
Deployment
> Projects).
> All our installations went fine, until this client.
> When they run the setup.exe, the installation follows its regular steps,
> except when it comes to the progress bar (showing the installation
> accomplished). Normally, it would take around 15 to 25 seconds for the
> progress bar to reach to 100%. For them, it takes between 2 to 5 minutes.
> But in the end, the install program reports that the installation has
> completed successfully.
>
> BUT, there is no folder for the web application created under
> c:\Inetpub\wwwroot. We searched the whole computer for the name of our
> folder, but found nothing. It seems that, although it "completed
> successfully", it did not create the web site. Also, trying to run the app
> from IE will give Page Not found.
> On the other hand, we also deploy some dll's in the system32. Those were
> correctly installed.
>
> More data :
> The client has Active directory installed. They say they checked and there
> are no restrictions applied to this server.
> The user running the install program is a domain administrator. I also
asked
> them to login as a local administrator, but nothing changed.
> We tried to create manually the virtual folder for our app under wwwroot
and
> this worked, so this would be my next try with them - create the folder,
> then copy the files into it...
>
> Does anybody have a clue what could have gone wrong here ? What else can I
> try ?
> Thank you for any suggestion !
>
> Andrei.
>
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