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• 07-23-2008, 1:38 PM

  ajcool123 Joined on 07-19-2007, 8:19 PM Posts 2 ajcool123

  IIS not retaining virtual root directory...? Reply Contact Hi guys, I setup an application pool and a virtual directory for an asp.net web application that I setup.  I am able to navigate fine to "default.aspx" ( http://localhost/MyWebApp/ ) however when I try to click through a link, instead of keeping the "MyWebApp" part ( for example: http://localhost/MyWebApp/List/List.aspx ) "MyWebApp" is removed and it acts like http://localhost is the root directory.  Any thoughts on why it might be doing this?  I am using all relative directories in my application ( example ~/list/list.aspx ) Thank you!

• 07-24-2008, 4:03 PM

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  jeff@zina.com Joined on 09-26-2003, 10:43 AM Naples, FL, USA Posts 1,256 jeff@zina.com	Re: IIS not retaining virtual root directory...? Reply Contact Relative directories resolve from the web site root, so you need: ~/MyWebApp/list/list.aspx Check www.asp.net (same login as here) for help on getting around this. Jeff Look for Wrox's new book Professional IIS 7 in your local bookstore, or order now at Amazon.com

• 07-24-2008, 5:28 PM

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  ajcool123 Joined on 07-19-2007, 8:19 PM Posts 2 ajcool123	Re: IIS not retaining virtual root directory...? Reply Contact Isn't creating a virtual directory in IIS the same thing as creating a root directory?  I am confused as to why this would matter...?  What should I be doing differently in IIS because I can navigate just fine through the site in visual studios built in browser.

• 07-24-2008, 5:33 PM

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  tomkmvp Joined on 03-20-2003, 6:27 AM Lawrenceville, NJ Posts 3,472 tomkmvp

  Re: IIS not retaining virtual root directory...? Reply Contact No. A virtual directory is a web folder mapped to a physical location that is outside the physical server root path.  For example, if you have content at D:\files and your web site root is at C:\inetpub\wwwroot, you could create a virtual directory named "files" and map it to D:\files which would then allow you to browse to http://yourserver/files, even though C:\inetpub\wwwroot\files doesn't actually exist. When you say a root directory, I think you mean a directory set as an application - thereby making it the root folder of your application scope.  IIRC, ASP.NET uses "~" to refer to your application root. How are you constructing the links that are not behaving as expected? Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://blogs.iis.net/tomkmvp/