ASP.NET 2.0 Application on IIS 5 Resulting in Error (aspnet_wp.exe (PID: XXXX) stopped unexpectedly.)

Question

After hosting an ASP.NET 2.0 web application on a windows 2000 server(IIS 5). I was unable to browse the web site.

The following error message was displayed on the b

Answer 1

From the looks of it you have an incorrect permission set for your ASP.NET installation. Typically the best bet it to just uninstall and re-install the ASP.NET portion. You can do this easily by the following.

1. Open command prompt to C:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727
2. run the following command: aspnet_regiis.exe -u
3. run the following command: aspnet_regiis.exe -i

That will uninstall ASP.NET and re-install, that should then establish the proper permissions for the account.