ISS can lock the ASP.net Temp folder files

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Problem:

If you're browsing to an asp.net page and your browser reports "Sever Error in '/' Application." and "The current identity... ASPNET does not have write access to 'c:Windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.net files', you might naturally think of adjusting NTFS permissions for the ASPNet account or running aspnet_regiis -ga in the attempt to correct the problem.

Possible solution:  

Try stopping any and every service that has anything to do with either Blackice and/or ISS (that's ISS, not IIS). Particulary look for the "ISS Buffer Overflow Exploit Prevention" service. Stop it. Restart IIS. Test asp.net functionality.

 

 

 

The application event log may have an event resembling this logged:

 

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0

Event Category: Web Event

Event ID: 1309

Event code: 3005

Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred.

Event ID: 0746e871023341b099dd3393e82e464d

Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/Blahblahblah

Process name: aspnet_wp.exe

Account name: COMPUTERNAME\ASPNET

Exception information:

Exception type: HttpException

Exception message: The current identity (Computername\ASPNET) does not have write access to 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files'.

Request information:

Stack trace: at System.Web.HttpRuntime.SetUpCodegenDirectory(CompilationSection compilationSection)

at System.Web.HttpRuntime.HostingInit(HostingEnvironmentFlags hostingFlags)