When I attempt to access a site in IIS Manager I get this error. I don't see any errors in the application or system logs. Is there a way to get more information on what is causing this error?
I open IIS Manager, double click on the site to expand it and the error message pops up.
If I right click on the site and select explore than the an explorer window pops up. I'm pretty sure it's something in one of the many web.config files in the site but i don't know which one or where in the web.config file to find the error.
Are the web.config files of sub directories read before you attempt to directly access them or since I'm only trying to expand the top level directory of the site has only the web.config file in the root been read by IIS manager?
As far as I have been able to determine IIS is not having any problems serving the site.
The UNC path should be like "\\<server_name>\<share_name>". According to the path you posted, "afs" is the server name and ".my.org\www\my.dir\htdocs" is the shared folder path?
AFS is a distributed file system: http://www.openafs.org/
It's highly unlikely that it has anything to do with the the path to the files since IIS has no problem serving this site, I also used to be able to manage this site through IIS Manager and the UNC Path hasn't changed. This IIS server also serves and allows
me to manage other sites that are stored in AFS.
I'm still having this issue. Can anyone recommend steps to determine where in the application.config or web.config file the IIS manager is running into a problem?
hcaldwell
63 Posts
The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 12, 2011 07:26 PM|LINK
When I attempt to access a site in IIS Manager I get this error. I don't see any errors in the application or system logs. Is there a way to get more information on what is causing this error?
Thanks,
Hugh
IIS Manager
sbradk
95 Posts
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 13, 2011 11:53 AM|LINK
If this is IIS7 you might want to look at the config file and check the path that is set for that site to make sure it is valid.
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config
MCSE, ASPInsider
www.orcsweb.com
hcaldwell
63 Posts
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 13, 2011 12:20 PM|LINK
This is IIS 7.5. The path is valid. I can right click on the website and select explore which brings up an explorer window in the correct directory.
Linda-in-spr...
21 Posts
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 15, 2011 07:30 AM|LINK
Hi,
Would you please show some detailed steps that encounter the error?
Thanks.
hcaldwell
63 Posts
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 15, 2011 01:38 PM|LINK
I open IIS Manager, double click on the site to expand it and the error message pops up.
If I right click on the site and select explore than the an explorer window pops up. I'm pretty sure it's something in one of the many web.config files in the site but i don't know which one or where in the web.config file to find the error.
Are the web.config files of sub directories read before you attempt to directly access them or since I'm only trying to expand the top level directory of the site has only the web.config file in the root been read by IIS manager?
As far as I have been able to determine IIS is not having any problems serving the site.
thanks,
Hugh
Lloydz
2335 Posts
Microsoft
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 18, 2011 03:09 AM|LINK
Hi,
Could you please post the physical path you used for the site setting? Do you encounter the error even it is an empty folder?
Thanks.
hcaldwell
63 Posts
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 18, 2011 12:45 PM|LINK
The path hasn't changed since this behavior developed. I have other sites with similar paths and IIS Manager has no trouble managing them.
\\afs\.my.org\www\my.dir\htdocs
Lloydz
2335 Posts
Microsoft
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 19, 2011 01:54 AM|LINK
The UNC path should be like "\\<server_name>\<share_name>". According to the path you posted, "afs" is the server name and ".my.org\www\my.dir\htdocs" is the shared folder path?
Thanks.
hcaldwell
63 Posts
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Apr 19, 2011 01:08 PM|LINK
AFS is a distributed file system: http://www.openafs.org/
It's highly unlikely that it has anything to do with the the path to the files since IIS has no problem serving this site, I also used to be able to manage this site through IIS Manager and the UNC Path hasn't changed. This IIS server also serves and allows me to manage other sites that are stored in AFS.
hcaldwell
63 Posts
Re: The given path's format is not supported (IIS Manager)
Jan 18, 2012 02:45 PM|LINK
I'm still having this issue. Can anyone recommend steps to determine where in the application.config or web.config file the IIS manager is running into a problem?
Thanks,
Hugh