Web.Config - Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions

Question

I am getting the error:

Module  IIS Web Core
Notification    Unknown
Handler Not yet determined
Error Code  0x80070005
Config Error    Cannot read configuration          


        

Answer 1

I found that adding the mymachine/USERS with full permissions to C:\inetpub\wwwroot fixed the issue.

The problem was caused because I shared some sites content inside C:\inetpub\wwwroot with other developers. This must have changed permissions and broke my IIS completely.