Comments on: Getting the ASP.NET Development Web Server to use a root path http://rainstorms.me.uk/blog/2009/07/10/getting-the-asp-net-development-web-server-to-use-a-root-path/ Problems that I come across in day to day coding Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James McFarland http://rainstorms.me.uk/blog/2009/07/10/getting-the-asp-net-development-web-server-to-use-a-root-path/comment-page-1/#comment-14498 James McFarland Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:25:17 +0000 http://rainstorms.me.uk/blog/?p=261#comment-14498 Comment/Update: I am using Visual Studio 2010, and as of the version I installed this week (2011-01-19) I can resolve this problem as follows: 1. Left click / select the root of your file-based website in Solution Explorer 2. This should show the the properties windows for the project. 3. In the property "Virtual Path" change it from /parent-folder-of-files-in-filesystem to / This resolves the problem without having to run the dev server as an external tool (which I could not find on the path in the above article). THANKS FOR POSTING THIS - It did lead me on the way to resolving the problem. -james Comment/Update: I am using Visual Studio 2010, and as of the version I installed this week (2011-01-19) I can resolve this problem as follows:
1. Left click / select the root of your file-based website in Solution Explorer
2. This should show the the properties windows for the project.
3. In the property “Virtual Path” change it from /parent-folder-of-files-in-filesystem to /

This resolves the problem without having to run the dev server as an external tool (which I could not find on the path in the above article).

THANKS FOR POSTING THIS – It did lead me on the way to resolving the problem.
-james

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