Not able to edit web.config in InetPub

Question

I published my MVC 5 application under IIS\Default Web Site.

I want to edit web.config file. When I go to the Inetpub\wwwroot folder and try to edit and save, it shows Access Denied.

How can I edit it?

Answer 1

You need to start Notepad (or whatever you are using) AS administrator by right clicking the notepad.exe and choosing run as administrator then you can edit and save the file

c:\WINDOWS\System32\notepad.exe > Run as Administrator > Edit > Save