Trouble getting the ASP.NET error page to appear remotely

I have been developing a web application on a local host and then
using 'Copy Project' to copy all the files up to the ISP location.
When I run the application locally then all is OK. When I run the
application from the ISP site I get an runtime error.
Because the default page does not givem me any indication as to what
the actual problem is, then I change the web.config file using the
recommended custom error tags as follows:
<customErrors mode= "Off" />
This did not result in me getting the detailed page that would have
been displayed at the server on the ISP. So I tried to create a custom
page by creating a HTML file 'mycustompage.htm' and the modifying the
tag to give:
<customErrors mode= "RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm" />
But the result is still the default page with no indication of error.
It is as if the application is not reading the web.config file.
The tag above had been entered inside the existing <system.web> tag.
Any help would be appreciated.
John L"John Lundrigan" <jonel@.glenavon1.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I have been developing a web application on a local host and then
> using 'Copy Project' to copy all the files up to the ISP location.
> When I run the application locally then all is OK. When I run the
> application from the ISP site I get an runtime error.
...

> But the result is still the default page with no indication of error.
> It is as if the application is not reading the web.config file.
Maybe it isn't reading it. Try introducing a syntax error into the
web.config file and see if the syntax error is caught.
Are you sure your ISP has your app set up as an application in IIS?
--
John Saunders
johnwsaundersiii at hotmail

Trouble getting the ASP.NET error page to appear remotely

I have been developing a web application on a local host and then
using 'Copy Project' to copy all the files up to the ISP location.
When I run the application locally then all is OK. When I run the
application from the ISP site I get an runtime error.

Because the default page does not givem me any indication as to what
the actual problem is, then I change the web.config file using the
recommended custom error tags as follows:

<customErrors mode= "Off" /
This did not result in me getting the detailed page that would have
been displayed at the server on the ISP. So I tried to create a custom
page by creating a HTML file 'mycustompage.htm' and the modifying the
tag to give:

<customErrors mode= "RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm" /
But the result is still the default page with no indication of error.
It is as if the application is not reading the web.config file.

The tag above had been entered inside the existing <system.web> tag.

Any help would be appreciated.

John L"John Lundrigan" <jonel@.glenavon1.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:gkqac05vk2ctuc2bchs18iru81muov4q21@.4ax.com...
> I have been developing a web application on a local host and then
> using 'Copy Project' to copy all the files up to the ISP location.
> When I run the application locally then all is OK. When I run the
> application from the ISP site I get an runtime error.
...

> But the result is still the default page with no indication of error.
> It is as if the application is not reading the web.config file.

Maybe it isn't reading it. Try introducing a syntax error into the
web.config file and see if the syntax error is caught.

Are you sure your ISP has your app set up as an application in IIS?
--
John Saunders
johnwsaundersiii at hotmail

trouble with cvs files and how to read them

I'm trying to read data from a cvs file in this format

persons name|phone number|desk location|staff id
persons name|desk location|staff id
persons name|phone number|desk location|email|staff id

and I've been looking over the web and found a couple of different solutions, one which used a?BufferedReader?but?couldn't?get?mine?to?work

Is this the best way to access this file or is there another?

If you use Excel or SQL Server both can import csv.

My own preference is to import them into SQL tables where I finesse them with stored procedures.

I am planning to import the cvs files into SQL however because the app is going to be automated, so the update will happen without any need for me or anyone else to do anything...

A lotus notes databases outputs a csv file which a VB.Net app then converts into SQL for a web site to use again without any need for a developer to interact with the program at any point.

so I just need a way to import the data into the vb.net app

any idea?

Hi, before 10 days I've created a similar logic code,
but it runs in C#.

Let me know if you're interested..

In general to get things started I've created the following function,
it should be easy to convert it to vb.net.. You pass 2 parameters, the name of the file and the Path that
the file is saved (on my solution on the web server..)

publicstaticstring ReadExcelFileToString(string current_file,string pathToSave)

{

string FileName ="";

FileName = pathToSave + current_file;

string file =HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(FileName);

StreamReader sr;

FileInfo fi =newFileInfo(file);

string fileText ="";

if (File.Exists(file))

{

sr =File.OpenText(file);

fileText += sr.ReadToEnd();

sr.Close();

}

return fileText;

}

Read the string in,

Assign it to an array like this:

Dim arrRecordas Array = strLineJustRead.Split("|")

That will split all the values out by the tokenizer (my favorite java term!)

Now you can loop through taht array to build a record, or to build an object class to pass to some database call.

Whatever suits you best.

Yep,
the split logic is exactly like mine.

Also! A few notices:
1) When you get the information in a string, write some code to clear some not wanted characters like \n\r.
2) If you open a .csv file just to take a look or delete anything, be carefull! When you save it from inside Excel, it saves some more characters,
and some times slightly changes the values of the existing data as well. For example I had a column with value 0013. After saving it with Excel,
although I've asked it to save it as simple csv and loose all excel features, it changed the number to 000013..
If you don't open it or not save it at all it will be fine.

PB

Opening the CSV files and looking at the format is a very good tip.

As an example Excel and Oracle may end the same exact line with a different character.

That's no problem if you're ready for it...

trouble with passing date to stored procedure

Trying to create a app that will read through our log files. I am reading through a directory and for each file I loop line by line and split the log into an array by SPACE and then send the IP, name of the log file, referer URL, and datetime to a stored procedure (below). The following code just returns 0 as a result and is not true. I believe my issue is in the asp.net datetime vs the datetime format in my database.

The datetime sent to the SP is: 10/17/2004 12:00:19 AM
The datetime in the field DT_TM I am comparing to is: 2004-06-23 10:17:23.000

Just hoping someone has a good grasp on this datetime format issue since I am clueless at this point on what to do. Cause I was sending in without converting to a date and kept getting errors.

This section of code is a portion taken from my .aspx file

'----
Dim dtLogDateTime as DateTime
adoCon = New SqlConnection("Server=xx.xx.xx.xx;Database=dbname;Uid=user;Pwd=pwd")
cmdSQL = New SqlCommand("sc_add_referer", adoCon)
cmdSQL.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
'Input Parameters
cmdSQL.Parameters.Add("@dotnet.itags.org.SENT_IP", arrArray2(5))
cmdSQL.Parameters.Add("@dotnet.itags.org.SENT_LOG_FILE", arFile(arFile.Length -1))
cmdSQL.Parameters.Add("@dotnet.itags.org.SENT_REFERER", arrArray2(8))
dtLogDateTime = arrArray2(0) & " " & arrArray2(1)
cmdSQL.Parameters.Add("@dotnet.itags.org.SENT_DT_TM", dtLogDateTime)
'Output parameter
parmSQL = cmdSQL.Parameters.Add("ReturnValue", SqlDbType.Int)
parmSQL.Direction = ParameterDirection.ReturnValue
adoCon.Open()
cmdSQL.ExecuteNonQuery()
iReturnVal = cmdSQL.Parameters("ReturnValue").Value
If iReturnVal = -2 Then
Response.Write("<br>" & arrArray2(3) & " " & arrArray2(5))
End if
adoCon.Close()
'----

The following is the SQL Server stored procedure I am calling

CREATE PROCEDURE sc_add_referer
(
 @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_IP varchar(15),
 @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_LOG_FILE varchar(15),
 @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_REFERER text,
 @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_DT_TM datetime
)
 AS
DECLARE @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_CNT INT
DECLARE @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_ORDERID INT
DECLARE @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_DT_TM INT
DECLARE @dotnet.itags.org.SUB_CNT INT
--FIRST NEED TO FIND OUT IF IN MAIN TABLE
SELECT @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_CNT = count(*), @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_ORDERID = ORDER_ID
FROM sc_ip_tracking
WHERE IP = @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_IP
GROUP BY ORDER_ID
SELECT @dotnet.itags.org.SUB_CNT = count(*)
FROM sc_ip_tracking_referers
WHERE ORDER_ID = @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_ORDERID
AND LOG_FILE = @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_LOG_FILE
IF @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_CNT > 0
 -- IP FOUND SO SEE IF FOUND IN REFERER LOG
 IF @dotnet.itags.org.SUB_CNT > 0
 --ROW ROUND
 RETURN 0
 ELSE
 -- NO ROW FOUND SO NEED TO ADD INFO
 BEGIN
 SELECT @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_DT_TM = datediff(hour, @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_DT_TM, DT_TM) FROM sc_ip_tracking WHERE IP = @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_IP AND ORDER_ID = @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_ORDERID
 IF @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_DT_TM >= 0 AND @dotnet.itags.org.ROW_DT_TM <= 8
 BEGIN
 INSERT INTO sc_ip_tracking_referers (ORDER_ID, LOG_FILE, REFERER, LAST_CHANGE_DT)
 values (@dotnet.itags.org.ROW_ORDERID, @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_LOG_FILE, @dotnet.itags.org.SENT_REFERER, getdate())
 END
 RETURN -2
 END
ELSE
 RETURN 0
GO

Replace the "/" in the date with "-" and drop the " AM" at the end of the string. You should be good to go.

Trouble with Process.start in my web application...

Hello everyone,
I have a web page which needs to open files of type .pdf (adobe) and
.doc(microsoft word).
I tried something fairly simple and have been having a lot of trouble
getting it to work.
So far just started with PDF as I figured that would be the simpler of the
two. However when that didnt seem to work.. I used a simple txt file.
Here is what I am doing
Imports System.Diagnostic
Imports System.Threading
Dim mprocess as New Process
mprocess.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\temp\readme.txt"
mprocess.Start()
mprocess.WaitForInputIdle()
Thread.Sleep(1000)
What I am expecting is to see my txt file opened up. What actually happens
is..I see notepad.exe as a process in my task manager with username ASPNET
but I do not see my file opened up...
What am I missing'
Any help and sample code in this matter would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
..Nishaa processes started by a service, lisk asp.net do not have access to the
desktop, so they can nott open a window. you shoudl only run commandline
programs.
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"Nisha" <nisha.lalvani@.rogers.com> wrote in message
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gers.com...
> Hello everyone,
> I have a web page which needs to open files of type .pdf (adobe) and
> .doc(microsoft word).
> I tried something fairly simple and have been having a lot of trouble
> getting it to work.
> So far just started with PDF as I figured that would be the simpler of the
> two. However when that didnt seem to work.. I used a simple txt file.
> Here is what I am doing
> Imports System.Diagnostic
> Imports System.Threading
> Dim mprocess as New Process
> mprocess.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\temp\readme.txt"
> mprocess.Start()
> mprocess.WaitForInputIdle()
> Thread.Sleep(1000)
>
> What I am expecting is to see my txt file opened up. What actually happens
> is..I see notepad.exe as a process in my task manager with username ASPNET
> but I do not see my file opened up...
> What am I missing'
> Any help and sample code in this matter would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance...
> ..Nisha
>
Besides Bruce's reply, Consider this:
Even you can open a "*doc" or "*.pdf" by your server app, do you really
want to open a PDF file (by Adobe Reader) on the server and have it
WaitForInputIlde? Who is going to the server room (may be located thousands
miles away from the user, or in a locked server closet/room in your company)
to read it and close it. You propbaly meant to get a PDF/doc file and send
the end user and have it open inside a web browser, rather than opeing it on
the server.
"Nisha" <nisha.lalvani@.rogers.com> wrote in message
news:CY2dndYOFaGolT7enZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@.ro
gers.com...
> Hello everyone,
> I have a web page which needs to open files of type .pdf (adobe) and
> .doc(microsoft word).
> I tried something fairly simple and have been having a lot of trouble
> getting it to work.
> So far just started with PDF as I figured that would be the simpler of the
> two. However when that didnt seem to work.. I used a simple txt file.
> Here is what I am doing
> Imports System.Diagnostic
> Imports System.Threading
> Dim mprocess as New Process
> mprocess.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\temp\readme.txt"
> mprocess.Start()
> mprocess.WaitForInputIdle()
> Thread.Sleep(1000)
>
> What I am expecting is to see my txt file opened up. What actually happens
> is..I see notepad.exe as a process in my task manager with username ASPNET
> but I do not see my file opened up...
> What am I missing'
> Any help and sample code in this matter would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance...
> ..Nisha
>

Trouble with translating C# into VB.NET code

Hello, I'm trying to implement a function to create zip files in my application. I am using the following articlehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/06/ZipCompression/default.aspx
which describes how to perform zipping with C#.
My application is in VB.NET so I am trying to translate a class thatperforms the zipping into VB code. I have managed to translate theclass except for two lines. The original C# code is as follows. Mytranslated VB code with errors in emphasized red color can be found just beneath the C#code.The error message I get for the two lines are:
"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\TestApplication\Zip.vb(81):'TestApplication.VbZip.EnumerationMethod' is a delegate type. Delegateconstruction permits only a single AddressOf expression as an argumentlist. Often an AddressOf expression can be used instead of a delegateconstruction.".
Can anyone help me translating these two lines?

using System;
using System.Collections;
using java.util;
using java.util.zip;
namespace CsZip
{
public delegate Enumeration EnumerationMethod();
/// <summary>
/// Wraps java enumerators
/// </summary>
public class EnumerationAdapter : IEnumerable
{
private class EnumerationWrapper : IEnumerator
{
private EnumerationMethod m_Method;
private Enumeration m_Wrapped;
private object m_Current;
public EnumerationWrapper(EnumerationMethod method)
{
m_Method = method;
}
// IEnumerator
public object Current
{
get { return m_Current; }
}
public void Reset()
{
m_Wrapped = m_Method();
if (m_Wrapped == null)
throw newInvalidOperationException();
}
public bool MoveNext()
{
if (m_Wrapped == null)
Reset();
bool Result = m_Wrapped.hasMoreElements();
if (Result)
m_Current = m_Wrapped.nextElement();
return Result;
}
}
private EnumerationMethod m_Method;
public EnumerationAdapter(EnumerationMethod method)
{
if (method == null)
throw new ArgumentException();
m_Method = method;
}
// IEnumerable
public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
{
return new EnumerationWrapper(m_Method);
}
}
public delegate bool FilterEntryMethod(ZipEntry e);
/// <summary>
/// Zip stream utils
/// </summary>
public class ZipUtils
{
public static void CopyStream(java.io.InputStream from, java.io.OutputStream to)
{
sbyte[] buffer = new sbyte[8192];
int got;
while ((got = from.read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
to.write(buffer, 0, got);
}
public static void ExtractZipFile(ZipFile file, string path, FilterEntryMethod filter)
{
foreach(ZipEntry entry in new EnumerationAdapter(newEnumerationMethod(file.entries)))
{
if (!entry.isDirectory())
{
if ((filter == null ||filter(entry)))
{
java.io.InputStream s = file.getInputStream(entry);
try
{
string fname =System.IO.Path.GetFileName(entry.getName());
string newpath = System.IO.Path.Combine(path,System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(entry.getName()));
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(newpath);
java.io.FileOutputStream dest = newjava.io.FileOutputStream(System.IO.Path.Combine(newpath, fname));
try
{
CopyStream(s, dest);
}
finally
{
dest.close();
}
}
finally
{
s.close();
}
}
}
}
}
public static ZipFile CreateEmptyZipFile(string fileName)
{
new ZipOutputStream(new java.io.FileOutputStream(fileName)).close();
return new ZipFile(fileName);
}
public static ZipFileUpdateZipFile(ZipFile file, FilterEntryMethod filter, string[] newFiles)
{
string prev = file.getName();
string tmp = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName();
ZipOutputStream to = new ZipOutputStream(newjava.io.FileOutputStream(tmp));
try
{
CopyEntries(file, to, filter);
// add entries here
if (newFiles != null)
{
foreach(string f in newFiles)
{
ZipEntry z =new ZipEntry(f.Remove(0, System.IO.Path.GetPathRoot(f).Length));
z.setMethod(ZipEntry.DEFLATED);
to.putNextEntry(z);
try
{
java.io.FileInputStream s = newjava.io.FileInputStream(f);
try
{
CopyStream(s, to);
}
finally
{
s.close();
}
}
finally
{
to.closeEntry();
}
}
}
}
finally
{
to.close();
}
file.close();
// now replace the old file with the new one
System.IO.File.Copy(tmp, prev, true);
System.IO.File.Delete(tmp);
return new ZipFile(prev);
}
public static void CopyEntries(ZipFile from, ZipOutputStream to)
{
CopyEntries(from, to, null);
}
public static void CopyEntries(ZipFile from, ZipOutputStream to, FilterEntryMethod filter)
{
foreach(ZipEntry entry in new EnumerationAdapter(newEnumerationMethod(from.entries)))
{
if (filter == null || filter(entry))
{
java.io.InputStream s =from.getInputStream(entry);
try
{
to.putNextEntry(entry);
try
{
CopyStream(s, to);
}
finally
{
to.closeEntry();
}
}
finally
{
s.close();
}
}
}
}
}
}



VB.NET code:
Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports java.util
Imports java.util.zip
Namespace VbZip
Public Delegate Function EnumerationMethod() As Enumeration
Public Class EnumerationAdapter : Implements IEnumerable
Private Class EnumerationWrapper : Implements IEnumerator
Private m_Method As EnumerationMethod
Private m_Wrapped As Enumeration
Private m_Current As Object
Public Sub New(ByVal method As EnumerationMethod)
m_Method = method
End Sub
Public ReadOnly Property Current() As Object _
Implements IEnumerator.Current
Get
Return m_Current
End Get
End Property
Public Sub Reset() _
Implements IEnumerator.Reset
m_Wrapped = m_Method
If m_Wrapped Is Nothing Then
Throw New InvalidOperationException
End If
End Sub
Public Function MoveNext() As Boolean _
Implements IEnumerator.MoveNext
If m_Wrapped Is Nothing Then
Reset()
End If
Dim Result As Boolean = m_Wrapped.hasMoreElements()
If Result Then
m_Current = m_Wrapped.nextElement()
End If
Return Result
End Function
End Class
Private m_Method As EnumerationMethod
Public Function EnumerationAdapter(ByVal method As EnumerationMethod)
If method Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentException
End If
m_Method = method
End Function
'IEnumerable
Public Function GetEnumerator() As IEnumerator _
Implements IEnumerable.GetEnumerator
Return New EnumerationWrapper(m_Method)
End Function
End Class
Public Delegate Function FilterEntryMethod(ByVal e As ZipEntry) As Boolean
Public Class ZipUtils
Public Shared Sub CopyStream(ByVal from As java.io.InputStream, _
ByVal tto As java.io.OutputStream)
Dim buffer() As System.SByte = New System.SByte(8192) {}
Dim got As Integer
While (got = from.read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0
tto.write(buffer, 0, got)
End While
End Sub
Public Shared SubExtractZipFile(ByVal file As ZipFile, ByVal path As String, ByValfilter As FilterEntryMethod)
ForEach entry As ZipEntry In New EnumerationAdapter(NewEnumerationMethod(file.entries))
If Not entry.isDirectory() Then
If (filter = Nothing Or filter(entry)) Then
Dim s As java.io.InputStream = file.getInputStream(entry)
Try
Dim fname As String = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(entry.getName())
Dim Newpath As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(path,System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(entry.getName()))
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(Newpath)
Dim dest As java.io.FileOutputStream = Newjava.io.FileOutputStream(System.IO.Path.Combine(Newpath, fname))
Try
CopyStream(s, dest)
Finally
dest.close()
End Try
Finally
s.close()
End Try
End If
End If
Next
End Sub
Public Shared Function CreateEmptyZipFile(ByVal fileName As String) As ZipFile
Dimzos As New ZipOutputStream(New java.io.FileOutputStream(fileName))
zos.close()
Return New ZipFile(fileName)
End Function
Public Shared FunctionUpdateZipFile(ByVal file As ZipFile, ByVal filter As FilterEntryMethod,_
ByVal newFiles As String())
Dim prev As String = file.getName
Dim tmp As String = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName
Dimtto As ZipOutputStream = New ZipOutputStream(Newjava.io.FileOutputStream(tmp))
Try
CopyEntries(file, tto, filter)
If Not newFiles Is Nothing Then
For Each f As String In newFiles
Dim z As ZipEntry = New ZipEntry(f.Remove(0,System.IO.Path.GetPathRoot(f).Length))
z.setMethod(ZipEntry.DEFLATED)
tto.putNextEntry(z)
Try
Dim s As New java.io.FileInputStream(f)
Try
CopyStream(s, tto)
Finally
s.close()
End Try
Finally
tto.closeEntry()
End Try
Next
End If
Finally
tto.close()
End Try
file.close()
'now replace the old file with the new one
System.IO.File.Copy(tmp, prev, True)
System.IO.File.Delete(tmp)
Return New ZipFile(prev)
End Function
Public Shared Sub CopyEntries(ByVal from As ZipFile, ByVal tto As ZipOutputStream, _
ByVal filter As FilterEntryMethod)
ForEach entry As ZipEntry In New EnumerationAdapter(NewEnumerationMethod(from.entries))
If filter Is Nothing Or filter(entry) Then
Dim s As java.io.InputStream = from.getInputStream(entry)
Try
tto.putNextEntry(entry)
Try
CopyStream(s, tto)
Finally
tto.closeEntry()
End Try
Finally
s.close()
End Try
End If
Next
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
try the convertor it is for both languages

http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/utilities/convertvbtocsharp.aspx
I have tried a different translator before, and have just tried yoursuggestion. However, the results are the same and the conversion doesnot seem to be perfect. It still requires some manual tuning which Ihave done except for the two lines emphasized in red. Anyone here canhelp me out?

i know it is not perfect but what i do is deal with errors manually other wise you will not be albe to solve the problem... we can help you if you can not solve the error so you deal in that case with few lines of code rather than 100's lines

Well, the error I'm getting is for the two lines emphasizes in red:
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\TestApplication\Zip.vb(81): 'TestApplication.VbZip.EnumerationMethod' is a delegate type. Delegate construction permits only a single AddressOf expression as an argument list. Often an AddressOf expression can be used instead of a delegate construction.".
I don't know too well how to solve this, so any insight is appreciated.

if you specify the code that making the problem we might help you at the mean time look at this if that will help!!
http://abstractvb.com/code.asp?A=1084
http://www.startvbdotnet.com/language/enumeration.aspx

Troubleshooting asp.net on XP Pro

I'm working out of some asp.net books. The examples aren't working on my XP Pro system.
I know it's not my code because the files will work if I move them to my company's web server (Shhh, don't tell).

I set up IIS and made a virtual directory that points to a partition where I'm putting the files.
I have the .NET Framework 1.1 and ran a windows update today.

Here is an example of a problem. This For...Next statement is supposed to write a sentence 7 times in different sizes. If I load the page in my browser it displays:
> Hello and Welcome!

Here is my code:

<%@dotnet.itags.org.Page Language="VB" Debug="True" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello and Welcome Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<% Dim TextSize As Integer %>
<% For TextSize = 1 To 7 %>
<font size = <%=TextSize%>>
Hello and Welcome!<br>
</font>
<% Next %>
</center>
</body>
</html

1. run aspnet_regiis.exe
2. make sure you're requesting the page via HTTP and not just from the filesystem.
When I try to run Aspnet_regiis.exe I get an error message:
The application Failed to initialize properly. (0xc0000142)

Wonder if this is my problem?
Oh, I see I have to run that command from a Visual Studio command prompt. I will try that.
aspnet_regiis.exe -i fixed the problem!
Did you tried with -i ?