Config file error

Question

User351843852 posted

Here is the error.  What should I do

Server Error in '/' Application.

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Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. 

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level.  This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error: 

Line 2: <configuration> Line 3: <system.web> Line 4: <profile> Line 5: <properties> Line 6: <add name="UserTheme"/>

Source File: C:\Sites\content\e\r\i\erikn68\web.config    Line: 4 

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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3625; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3634

Answer 1

User1990816827 posted

Did you check to make sure the folder was configured as an application? Most likely you have nested web.config files.  Remove or rename the one in a folder below or above your app.

check this:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b5488995-fa99-460f-96d7-29d1ddcf3fac.mspx?mfr=true

Answer 2

User-1716253493 posted

Add application instead add virtual directory, or configure virtual directory as an application

Answer 3

User465171450 posted

I explained this in your previous post. This happens when your web.config is in a directory that isn't your application root. Example: Your root directory is c::\myroot which maps to your site like http://www.mysite.com.  If you put the web.config in c:\myroot\dir (which maps to http://www.mysite.com/dir) then this error would occur since. Certain things such as authentication, profile, sessionstate can only be set in the web.config that is at the very root of the application. Once you figure out which is the root directory for the application, place this in the web.config in the root and make sure it isn't in a subdirectory.

Answer 4

User351843852 posted

It is still not working with the config file in root and the aspx in the sub directory

Answer 5

User-1716253493 posted

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wenlong/archive/2006/11/22/virtual-application-vs-virtual-directory.aspx