i have a created a small web application using visual web developer express 2005. 

To install that as a website,

i just copied the application folder and pasted in the C;\wwwroot\inetpub folder.

but i am getting this error.

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. 

Did u configure your webapplication as virtual folder in IIS?

if no,follow the below steps

1- Right click my computer, select Manage

2- Expand Services and applications, Expand Internet Information Services.

3- Expand Web Sites, And Default Web Site

4- Right Click the folder name click properties.

5- Now next to the Application name, you will find a Create button, click it.

Now retry it.

HC 

Server Error in '/ScrapShares' Application.
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Failed to access IIS metabase. 
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase. 

The process account used to run ASP.NET must have read access to the IIS metabase (e.g. IIS://servername/W3SVC). For information on modifying metabase permissions, please see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267904.

Source Error: 

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.  

Stack Trace: 


[HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.]
   System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.MapPathCaching(String siteID, VirtualPath path) +3500378
   System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.System.Web.Configuration.IConfigMapPath.MapPath(String siteID, VirtualPath vpath) +9
   System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPathActual(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitNull) +163
   System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +382
   System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +243
   System.Web.CachedPathData.GetApplicationPathData() +68
   System.Web.CachedPathData.GetVirtualPathData(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitPathsOutsideApp) +3393699
   System.Web.Configuration.RuntimeConfig.GetLKGRuntimeConfig(VirtualPath path) +189

 


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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210 

If you installed .NET framework 2.0 before installing IIS, then you have to run, firstm the aspnet_regiis tool from C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ folder.

Also, after creating the virtual directory, right click on it in the IIS mmc, select Properties -> ASP.NET and change the ASP.NET version to 2.0.xxx

Did you compile your application or just copied the files? Is it the same system for both deployment and production?

Thanks

Hello,

Here is reference : How to deploy an ASP.NET Web application

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326355

HTH