How to Fix Asp Server Application Unavailable

If you ever encounter this error while setting up iis on your local machine or a virtual directory in the Internet Information Services and you look into the the Event Viewer and see the Application Logs: "Server Application Unavailable The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser to retry your request. Administrator Note: An error message detailing the cause of this specific request failure can be found in the application event log of the web server. Please review this log entry to discover what caused this error to occur." Then the most usual solutions are: 1.) Reinstall iis, by issuing the following command

/>iisreset /stop
//navigate to your windows directory
//c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 probably
/>aspnet_regiis -i
/>iisreset /stop

2.) Or just try to add the ASPNET user to the directory where the newly created virtual directory points. a.) this can be done by right clicking the folder: b.) Select Properties->Security c.) Add->Advanced d.) Find Now, and select ASPNET