Microsoft KB Archive/894634

= The contents of administration Web pages for a Web site may appear in binary data when you use FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions =

Article ID: 894634

Article Last Modified on 6/9/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario.
 * You have installed FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions from Microsoft on a Microsoft Windows-based computer.
 * You use Microsoft SharePoint Administrator to open administration Web pages for a Web site in a Web browser.

In the current scenario, when you open the administration Web pages, the contents of the administration Web pages may appear as a combination of lines, plain text, and binary data instead of administration hyperlinks. Additionally, you may notice that the affected Web pages contain the following text entry: This program cannot be run in DOS mode.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if the _vti_binWeb site does not have the Scripts and Executables permission.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, assign the Scripts and Executables permission to the _vti_bin Web site. To do this, follow these steps:  Start Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. To do this, follow the steps for your version of IIS:  For IIS 4.0:  Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack. Click Microsoft Internet Information Server. Click Internet Service Manager.</ol> </li> For IIS 5.0: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Services Manager.</li> For IIS 6.0: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.</li></ul> </li> Expand the server name, and then expand the Web site that you want to configure.</li> Right-click the _vti_binWeb site, and then click Properties.</li> Click the Virtual Directory tab, click Scripts and Executables in the Execute permissions list, and then click OK.</li> Quit Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.</li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

308451 &quot;The folder '/' is marked executable&quot; error message when you save a page to a folder on a Web site based on IIS

Additional query words: FP FrontPage FPSE FPSE2002 folder

Keywords: kbtshoot kbpermissions KB894634

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