Microsoft KB Archive/942074

= Error message when you visit a Web site that is hosted on a server that is running Internet Information Services 7.0: &quot;HTTP Error 404.13 - CONTENT_LENGTH_TOO_LARGE&quot; =

Article ID: 942074

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You have a Web site that is hosted on a server that is running Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. When a user visits this Web site, the user receives an error message that resembles the following error message:

Server Error in Application &quot; &quot;

HTTP Error 404.13 - CONTENT_LENGTH_TOO_LARGE

HRESULT: 0

Description of HRESULT # The operation completed successfully.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the client request contains a Content-Length header that is larger than the value that is specified for this header in the maxAllowedContentLength property in the ApplicationHost.config file.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:  Click Start. In the Start Search box, type Notepad. Right-click Notepad, and then click Run as administrator.

Note If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue. On the File menu, click Open. In the File name box, type %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationhost.config, and then click Open. In the ApplicationHost.config file, locate the  node.  Remove the maxAllowedContentLength property. Or, add a value that matches the size of the Content-Length header that the client sends as part of the request. By default, the value of the maxAllowedContentLength property is 30000000.

For example, modify the following code.   Save the ApplicationHost.config file.</ol>

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