How to set Allow Parent Paths in IIS Express Config

Question

I\'m assuming this is possible in the applicationhost.config file but I did not see a parent paths setting.

How do you allow parent paths for a specific site running und

Answer 1

Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\$your user name$\My Documents\IISExpress\config

Open applicationHost.config

Find the section

Change the section to the following… By default it only had the cache and empty limits bits but feel free to adjust any parameters you don't want.

Save and restart iis express.