Cannot create asp.net web projects. (Yes, again)

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I've read lots of excellent posts here about this problem. Mine is similar but will not yield to any of these fixes.
When I try to create a new web project, I get the error message "VS Cannot create or open the application...The likeliest problem is that required components are not installed on the local web server.
I have reinstalled VS.NET twice, reinstalled IIS at least six times, run aspnet_regiis -i, regsvr32 aspnet_isapi.dll, reset permissions on the .net framework folders. Everything I can find to try I have tried. What am I missing here? I am running Windows 2000 Pro, Visual Studio .NET 2003, IIS 5.
I have tested the front page server extensions to verify that they are working.
I have also peeked at the IIS log file and noticed that evertime I try to create a web application it causes two lines to appear in the log file
19:02:37 127.0.0.1 GET /WebApplication32/get_aspx_ver.aspx 40
19:02:37 127.0.0.1 GET /WebApplication32/get_aspx_ver.aspx 40
Where "WebApplication32" is whatever I named the web project.
Btw, this is a brand new installation of VS.Net 2003. It hasn't worked from day 1. I can create non-web projects just fine. So it has to have something to do with the communication between VS and IIS, right
Guidance appreciated!
 
To resolve this issue you need to check if the wwwroot$ share has been
created. If
not, you need to proceed to create the file share on the wwwroot folder and
then add
with full control the VSDevelopers group and the Administrator group. Let
me know if this helps.

Thank you,
John Soulis
Microsoft, ASP.NET

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Aha! There was no wwwroot$ share, as you suspected. I added that, and then got a 403 error message. I tracked down some permissions that weren't set correctly in the IIS configuration, and finally tried and got yet another error message
"Cannot find the componenets for communicating with the FrontPage server extensions.
I tried doing a reinstallation of the prerequisites. That didn't help.
I tried running a repair on the whole VS.Net environment. That didn't help.
Tried the aspnet_regiis -i again. No help.
So now what?
 
Go into iis and right click on the default web site. Look for the option to
configure front page server extensions.
Thank you,
John Soulis
Microsoft, ASP.NET

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I have an option to "Check Server Extensions", which runs and reports "No problems found," but I have never seen an option to "Configure Server Extensions". Other task options listed are
"Open With FrontPage" , "Recalculate Web",
"Remove Server Extensions
I've also used the sample html to test that the frontpage hit counter and search features work. They both work fine.
Thanks
-b
 
This may be unrelated, but another weird symptom I'm seeing is in the Setup program for VS.Net. When I click the link to check for service releases, it gives me the error: "Visual Studio.NET 2003 setup encountered errors while attempting to download required files. Check your Web browser configuration settings and your connection hardware, and then try again.
I haven't noticed any problems browsing the web. My config is pretty simple: DHCP, no proxy, nothing special. IE 6.0.2800.1106
?
-b
 
Do you have multiple web sites on the server?

If so make sure the default web site has a dns name
and follow the following guide lines for creating shares for
each web site.


The following solution is for creating Web projects on host header Web Sites using
VS.NET 2003:



1) Created the sites with host headers.
2) Assigned the IP Address for the Website to be "All UnAssigned"
3) Hosts File was updated properly with the IP address and host header name
4) Create a share for the root of the host header WebSite
5) Grant all the share and Security permissions to the VS Developers group and
add the current user to that group
6) When you get Web Access Failed dialog box when you try creating the project on
host header using a URL
like http://<hostheadersitename>/WebAppName, change the File Share Path to
the following and retry:
\\actualmachinename\Sharenamecreated\WebAppName.
 
Bill,

Dont know if you solved this yet but it sounds similiar to a problem I had and I eventually tracked it down to ZoneAlarm. If you are not running ZA then ignore the rest of this.
If you are running ZA50_590_015 then try reverting to 45_594_000.
It worked for me.
 
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