ASP web error in web.config

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I am having problem with my web application. below is the error... hope someone could help me out here... by the way, i am using dreamweaver here and not Visual Studio

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Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level.  This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error:


Line 9:         <system.web>
Line 10:         <customErrors mode="Off" />
Line 11:            <authentication mode="Forms">
Line 12:                     <forms name=".ASPXAUTH" loginUrl="admin/login.aspx"/>
Line 13:              </authentication>

Source File: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\cristy\dotnetnewsv1.2\web.config    Line: 11

Posted 27-Feb-13 17:25pm

moodyCoder

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AspDotNetDev 27-Feb-13 23:29pm

FYI, your name appears in the folder path in the error message. You may want to edit your question to remove that if it's important to you.

moodyCoder 4-Mar-13 19:47pm

it's ok... it's not my name... :)

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_Amy · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-27T18:01:00

This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.
you can have web.config file for the sub-directory. However, there are certain properties which cannot be set in the web.config of the sub-directory such as authentication, session state. The reason is, these settings cannot be overridden at the sub-directory level unless the sub-directory is also configured as an application.
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--Amit