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delighted -> IIS 5.0 - W3SVC Event ID 36 (FYI) (7/30/2004 15:08:47)
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Platform: Windows 2000 Server
App: IIS 5.0
Client: FrontPage 2000
Ran into this error, and was unable to find anything to correct it in the various newsgroups I searched. Most posts refer to issues w/ASP and .NET Framework, neither of which I have installed or configured on this IIS server. I experienced this problem on a FrontPage enabled web I created.
It began by giving me a generic 'it is broke' type error message in the FP Client. Upon examination of 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp\wecerr.txt', I saw that I was getting a 500 error code. I then checked the System Event Log and found the following:
Source: W3SVC
EventID: 36
Message: The server failed to load application ''. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found.'
I am not entirely certain as to what the root cause was, but this is what I did to correct the problem:
Restart IIS Admin
I did this via the 'Computer Management' admin tool -> Services and Applications -> Services
In here, I first stopped 'IIS Admin Service', which also stopped SMTP, WWW, and FTP.
I then restarted IIS Admin, FTP, SMTP, and WWW - each in turn
Rebuild Extentions
In IIS Admin snap-in, right-click on web -> All Tasks -> Remove Server Extentions.
(I removed the check to retain metadata.)
I then recreated the web via the same context menu.
Here is where I ran into a rather unusual issue.
After the extentions were rebuilt, I noticed the web did not have a '_vti_bin' virtual directory. I created this manually (pointing it to 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extentions\40\isapi').
Then I was able to log in via the FP client (v 2000).
I hope this helps someone else in their time of need!!
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