PRB: Unexpected Error C0042116 With PDW: Web Server Either Is Not Responding or Returned an Unrecognized Response

• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When using the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) to deploy an Internet Information Server (IIS) application to a Web server, you receive the following error message:

Unexpected error number C0042116 has occurred: The Web server either is not responding or returned an unrecognized response.

CAUSE

This error message could occur because of the following reasons:

• You do not have a virtual directory called SCRIPTS that points to the physical directory C:\Inetpub\scripts.
  
  -or-



• You have not given Execute permissions to the SCRIPTS virtual directory.
  
  -or-



• The virtual server that you are deploying to is not running on port 80.

RESOLUTION

Verify that the SCRIPTS virtual directory exists and that you have enabled Execute permissions for this directory on the virtual server to which you are deploying.

Use the following steps to create the SCRIPTS virtual directory:

1. Open the Internet Service Manager (ISM) snap-in in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).



2. Right-click the virtual server that you are deploying to and select New then Virtual Directory.



3. When asked for an Alias, type SCRIPTS and click Next.



4. When asked for physical directory, browse to the physical location of the scripts directory, which is under your Inetpub directory, and click Next.



5. Make sure to allow Execute access permissions and then click Next.



6. Click Finish.

1. Open the Internet Service Manager (ISM) snap-in in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).



2. Right-click the SCRIPTS virtual directory that is under the virtual server that you are deploying to and select Properties.



3. Select the Virtual Directory tab.



4. Under Access Permissions, enable the Execute permissions option.



5. Click Apply and then click OK.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the Package and Deployment Wizard, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194296 HOWTO: Debug PDW Internet Deployment Issues

Q199017 HOWTO: Deploy Visual Basic IIS Applications with PDW

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbDeployment kbVBp600 kbWebClasses kbGrpASP kbDSupport 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: August 5, 1999