Receiving “Path 'OPTIONS' is forbidden.” Exception in ASP.NET website

Question

I am getting the error System.Web.HttpException: Path \'OPTIONS\' is forbidden. since we moved our website over to a new server setup. I am unable to recreate the e

Answer 1

When I got this exact error while trying to send an .xls file from an ASP.Net web page, it was because I had omitted the filename extension here:

Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + fileName);
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";

That fileName needs to be fileName.xls