How to run asp.net mvc3 app

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Is this possible to run/deploy asp.net mvc3 on xp ?

publishing it via vs2010 and then browsing in IE/Firefox gives this error message

Directory Listing Denied

This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.

Enabling directory browsing does not help as there is no default.aspx to run ?

Sorry my web dev skills are a "bit" rusty !

not only rusty... this has nothing to do with WinXP or MVC, this is general IIS configuration ;-) — Davide Piras
– Davide Piras, Commented Sep 19, 2011 at 18:11
as i said my "web dev skills" are rusty !! not xp/mvc dev skills :) — Kumar
– Kumar, Commented Sep 19, 2011 at 21:14
cannot be a duplicate of mvc3 and iis6 as the version of iis on xp is 5.1 if memory serves me right :) — Kumar
– Kumar, Commented Sep 19, 2011 at 21:20

Wyatt Barnett · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-19 18:36:18Z

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The problem is that ASP .NET MVC is based on URL routing and for that to work, the request needs to be parsed by ASP .NET, problem is that without the .aspx extension it won´t get parsed (IIS 6 problem iirc).

So you have to change the URL routing of MVC and/or map an extension to the ASP.NET request handler

Check out this link for the details: http://haacked.com/archive/2010/12/22/asp-net-mvc-3-extensionless-urls-on-iis-6.aspx

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Kumar Over a year ago

thanks, it pointed me to the right answer- that of setting up say .mvc extension on iis5.1

MoXplod · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-19 18:12:04Z

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Your questions does not give a lot of information. If i were you, i would start by.

What URL are you trying to hit?
I would check routes in global.aspx.cs
try and put a test.htm in the root folder and hit it from IE and see if your iis server is setup correctly.

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:24:35Z

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I suspect you are not configuring the application properly in IIS. Please use these steps to configure it.

MVC3 publishing and IIS 6

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Chris · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-19 19:12:42Z

I've got an MVC3 application running fine on a Windows Server 2003 machine running IIS 6. The only need was to install the .net 4.0 framework on the machine and then from the MVC project tell the project to bin-deploy the files needed to run ASP.net MVC. These .dll's should end up in the application's bin folder after a publish:

System.Web.Routing
System.Web.Abstractions
System.Web.Mvc

After that you should be ready to go.

The quick and dirty reason an MVC3 application is easier to deploy now is that Microsoft has tweaked the 4.0 framework to easily setup routing which MVC depends on. You can get the latest version of the .net 4.0 framework from Web Platform Installer.

Good luck and hope this helps some.

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