"TimC" <tim.crannigan@sii.org.uk> wrote in message
news:1116916505.607999.324630@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I hope someone can help - I am getting desperate!
>
> I have promised to do some work for someone developing an ASP.NET
> application.
>
> I have VS Studio 2002 installed on my pc which is running XP-Pro (and
> therefore IIs 5.1) and have installed .Net framework v1.1.4322.
>
> I canot create a new web project - I get the error
>
> "unable to validate the file path....does not match url path..."
>
> Having scoured the web for answers (I have spent HOURS on this!) I
> believe it is something to do with VS trying to create a tmp file in
> the \inetput\wwwroot folder to validate IIS is running and failing.
>
> I have checked IIS is running ok (I can open and run ASP pages ok).
>
> I have :
>
> * checked my user is in the VS Developers Group
> * run aspnet_regiis -i in the
> \windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322 folder
> * loaded the latest vs updates
> * iis has a default web site running on port 80
> * I have tried disabling mcAfee person firewall - no difference
> * I don't have Zone Alarm
> * tried both with file share and fronpage sevrer extensions options
> * checked the 'write' option in the default web site
> * made sure user and the ASPNET user has permissions to wwwroot (do I
> need a wwwroot$ share?)
> * tried substituting '127.0.0.1' for 'localhost' in the new project
> name
>
>
> PLEASE HELP!!!
>