Static compression in IIS does not work for htm, js files

Question

I\'m trying to configure IIS 7.5 to compress static htm and js files. Does anyone know why it does not work for me? Here is my web.config for the web site:

Answer 1

What makes you think the compression is not working? Check the Event View logs. Static Compression module will sometimes throw an error saying the directory being used is invalid (mostly because it needs write permissions).

Double check with Fiddler or another HTTP debugging tool to be sure that the client is sending "Accept-Encoding" of GZIP/Deflate.