Default Document for IIS 7 not viewable

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On Windows 2008R2 I'm trying to set up my website so that it can be referenced as http://xyz.com/. It currently works when referenced as http://xyz.com/default.html.

I have added Default.html to the Default Document settings and I also checked the web.config to make sure it is there (see below).

I have Anonymous Authentication Enabled as a specific user. I also have Windows Authentication Enabled.

My predecessor got everything working fine in II6 but I can't figure out what I'm missing in II7.

Best Answer

It's possible that the default doc handler was removed. For example, if the httpHandler (Classic app pool) or handler (Integrated app pool) has a then it could pull important handlers out, which need to be added back again.

If you go to c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config, search for defaultdoc and see the examples of what a default doc handler should look like. Then add that back to your web.config file. If it's not in apphost.config then you can install it using Server Manager and adding to the IIS role.

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