Mapping to a drive and having CF still work...How?

[WildWest]

Hi gurus, I have IIS 5.0 and CF 4.5 server. I have a mapped drive pointed to a remote file server where my CFM file reside. On my default website, I created a virtual directory pointing to this file server with my logon creditials (I have admin rightson both servers). But for some reason, when I go to

http://myservername/virtual-dir-name/

I get the following error.. All the static pages (htm and html) work fine! But my CF pages don't. Please advise.

Error Occurred While Processing Request
Error Diagnostic Information

An error has occurred.

HTTP/1.0 404 Object Not Found


Please help if you can. I appreciate any feedback.

 

[GunJack]

I don't work with IIS 5.0 but I would check to make sure the virtual directory has execute script permissions and has application settings enabled. I did a quick test and those were the only 2 things I found that would cause problems for scripts although I couldn't create a 404 error.

Good luck,
GJ

 

[mkistler]

When I got this error, it turned out to be a typo in my url. Make sure every character is correct.

 

[pcorreia]

WildWest,

I'm not in an office where I can try this right now, but I've had problems in the past using mapped drives and CF. The problem seems to stem from the fact that a mapped drive is really only available at the user level -- when there is no one logged in, there are no mapped drives. I would recommend trying this again but defining all network paths absolutely (i.e., with IP addresses or UNC paths), instead of using mapped drives.