Microsoft KB Archive/201140

= PRB: Cannot Set the Application Root for This Web Application =

Article ID: 201140

Article Last Modified on 4/22/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q201140



SYMPTOMS
Creating a Web project on a server with FrontPage 2000 Extensions returns the following error:

Cannot set the application root for this Web application. Server error: Cannot mark a folder executable on this server.



CAUSE
The folder security model is changed by FrontPage 2000 Extensions.



RESOLUTION
Use the following steps to solve this problem:
 * 1) Using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), select Server Extensions Administration.
 * 2) Click Properties for your server.
 * 3) Select the Allow Authors to Upload Executables option.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbextension kbserver kbprb KB201140

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