Heikniemi Hardcoded: "An error occurred accessing the website application data folder" in Virtual Server 2005 R2

September 18, 2006

"An error occurred accessing the website application data folder" in Virtual Server 2005 R2

I had a pretty grueling duel with a fresh installation of Virtual Server 2005 R2. The error message mentioned above popped up on the administration web site even though the installation was completed flawlessly. I also had "You do not have permission to access the event viewer" on the same page. All Google matches returned hits referring to installations on a Domain Controller or Windows Vista.

My problem was neither of the above. Rather, the issue was that my IIS web site wasn't configured to use Windows authentication. Apparently the anonymous user didn't have access to some directory somewhere on my hard drive, although I did try the Everyone / Full Control medicine on several directories. But configuring the site to use Windows Authentication did the trick. I'm just wondering why doesn't the installer do this... Or maybe it does? The installation did work fine for me on several other computers.

Hope the experience allows somebody to save an hour or two...

Posted by Jouni Heikniemi at September 18, 2006 10:18 PM

Comments

I had exactly the same problem. You definitely saved me a ton of time. Thanks!

Posted by: shanemcr at October 4, 2006 04:50 PM

It helps me too. 10x

Posted by: User at January 13, 2007 10:01 PM

Thanks very much, It worked for me also.
Good man

Posted by: Jamie at February 2, 2007 08:07 PM

Yes this did save an more than an hour for me

Posted by: Kalyan at August 24, 2007 06:34 PM

If it is the case that a reader is using Vista, set the Application Pool to 'Classic .NET AppPool', and disable ASP.NET Impersonation. The only authentication enabled will be 'Windows Authentication'.

Regards,

Steve vB.

Posted by: S van Bodegraven at October 15, 2007 03:39 PM

You just saved me a lot of headache.
Thanks man.

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