Farouk,

Google is your friend. =0) I googled the error message (Failed to access IIS metabase) and came up with the (possible) solution right away. Check out http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=116989&SiteID=1 on the MSDN forums. I think you need to register to use those forums if you are not already a member. The last post (dated 12/6/2005) seems to have an answer that worked.

~~Bonnie



>Hi all,
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>After running the setup which create the virtual directory and extract the files, I hit an error when I try to browse the 1st page content. The below is the error message. Any idea why this happen?
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>Regards
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>Server Error in '/ESS_Setup' Application.
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>Failed to access IIS metabase.
>Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
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>Exception Details: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.
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>The process account used to run ASP.NET must have read access to the IIS metabase (e.g. IIS://servername/W3SVC). For information on modifying metabase permissions, please see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267904.
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>Source Error:
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>An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
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>Stack Trace:
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>[HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.]
> System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.MapPathCaching(String siteID, VirtualPath path) +3500378
> System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.System.Web.Configuration.IConfigMapPath.MapPath(String siteID, VirtualPath vpath) +9
> System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPathActual(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitNull) +163
> System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +382
> System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +243
> System.Web.CachedPathData.GetApplicationPathData() +68
> System.Web.CachedPathData.GetVirtualPathData(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitPathsOutsideApp) +3393699
> System.Web.Configuration.RuntimeConfig.GetLKGRuntimeConfig(VirtualPath path) +189
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>Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210