IIS HTTP Error 403.1 - Forbidden: Execute access is denied

Question

I have a ASP.NET 1.1 application running on IIS 6 / Windows Server 2003. It\'s our application, but we\'re trying to specifically replicate a customer\'s installation so the app

Answer 1

When you did create an application on IIS did you check allow script execution ? You need to turn two first choices on in order to execute anything from this application including virtual directory you have made.

Right click on parent application > Home Directory tab > Executive Permissions set to Scripts only...

Answer 2

You might also need to check the "Edit Feature Permissions..." button on the right pane of the Handler Mappings settings for the specific application and enable "Execute". This is what held my co-workers and I for 3 hours with otherwise pretty identical symptoms.