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Reputation: 5434

Why can't I see a virtual directory created in Visual Studio 2013 for Local IIS in IIS Manager?

I'm trying to debug a problem where my local IIS has mysteriously decided to not recognize my virtual directory.

In my MVC 4 project, my web server is set to "Local IIS" and my project URL is set to http://localhost/MySite. When I hit the Create Virtual Directory button, I get the message "The virtual directory was created successfully."

But when I go IIS Manager and click on Default Web Site | MySite | View virtual directories no virtual directories are listed. This is also the case for the web site where the virtual directory does work.

Why can't I see a virtual directory created in Visual Studio 2013 for Local IIS in IIS Manager?

Where can I see the virtual directories created by VS?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2117

Answers (1)

user3615052
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Reputation: 26

Try one of the following:

  1. Check the checkbox override application root URL below create virtual directory option and then click on create virtual directory again.

Or:

  1. Right click on Explore to default web site. Inside the opened windows explorer create a folder with the name same as used in your project URL (just after localhost) in VS 2013. Example - create applications folder for url http://localhost/applications/test. Refresh IIS and it should work.

Upvotes: 1

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