PRB: INI File " " Section "Port 80" not Found Error

 Last reviewed: December 11, 1997
Article ID: Q170767
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When trying to connect to a Visual InterDev project that has been put under SourceSafe control, you may get the following error message: 

   Server Error: INI File "" Section "Port 80" not found

CAUSE

There are two known causes of this error:

  1. This is a FrontPage server extensions configuration error. The Frontpg.ini file is missing the section and entries similar to the following: 

          [Port 80]
       servertype=msiis
      serverconfig=unused
      authoring=enabled
      frontpageroot=C:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage

  2. The \winnt\frontpg.ini file and the \Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\servsupp folder have insufficient NTFS permissions. The Interactive and Network groups need Read permissions on the above file and folder. For more information, see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

      ARTICLE: Q162144
      TITLE  : FP97: Minimum NTFS File Permission Requirements

RESOLUTION

Apply the following resolutions to the corresponding cause:

  1. Open the FrontPage server administration tool (Fpsrvwin.exe) and click uninstall to remove the FrontPage server extensions from ports 80 and 443. Click Install to reinstall the server extensions on the default ports. You can open the Frontpg.ini file and ensure that the [Port 80] section was successfully written to the file.

  2. Add "Read (RX)(RX)" permissions to "\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\servsupp " folder and "\winnt\frontpg.ini" file for the "Network" and "Interactive" NT groups.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site: 

   http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/


Keywords          : VIFPSE VIProject
Technology        : kbInetDev
Version           : 1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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Last reviewed: December 11, 1997
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