HTTP Error 500.24 - Internal Server Error : system.web/identity@impersonate is set to true

Question

I created an ASP.NET web application MVC Core 2.2 project. Then I ran it in IIS Express. But I received the following error:

HTTP Error 500.24 - Inter

Answer 1

Clearly not the poster's problem, since he wrote he fixed it changing .NET Core version; but I'm posting what worked for me, just in case.

Open IIS and find your default website:

Then you have two alternatives; the first is the quickest.

1. Authentication

Click on the Authentication icon:

Right-click ASP.NET Impersonation and disable it.

2. Configuration editor

Open the configuration editor:

The configuration editor opens; click the drop-down to the top left and pick system.web/identity:

Set impersonate to false:

And you're good to go!