FP2000: Cannot Create Web Using .com, .dll, or .exe Extension

• Microsoft FrontPage 2000
• Microsoft Personal Web Server versions 1.0, 1.0a, 4.0 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Peer Web Services version 3.0 for Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you create a Web with a name that ends with an extension, such as .com, .dll, or .exe, you will experience the following symptoms:

• You are prompted repeatedly to enter your password.
  
  -or-



• You receive an HTTP 500 error message repeatedly.
  
  -and-



• An empty Web is created.

CAUSE

The Web server interprets the Web name as a command that it cannot execute.

RESOLUTION

When you receive the Password prompt, click Cancel. You may need to click Cancel as many as six times.

If you receive the HTTP 500 error message, click OK. You may need to click OK as many as three times. Delete the empty Web and create a new Web that does not use the .com, .dll, or .exe file extension.

MORE INFORMATION

The password dialog box may prompt you for administrator, author, or end- user permission. If you open another Web before you delete the empty Web, you will not be able to open the empty Web again. In this case, you will need to delete the Web in Windows Explorer and you will need to edit the Services.cnf configuration file to remove it from the list of Webs that appear in FrontPage.

Additional query words: front page

Keywords          : kbdta fpexp fppws fpiis 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.0a,4.0; winnt:3.0,4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999