IIS Server Security - 404.2 error clicking a link to download a file

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404.2 error clicking a link to download a file

Joe

2004-06-28, 7:33 pm

I have found this to be much easier when you put the files
inside a .zip file. You should be ok then. They can find
the .exe after they extract the files and then install the
app.

Joe
>-----Original Message-----
>We have a website that is set up to allow our employees
to
>click a link to a .exe file to download and install a
>client application. It works fine under Windows 2000
>Server and IIS 5.0 But on the new server running Server
>2003 and IIS 6.0 the users get an error:
>
>HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
>Internet Information Services (IIS)
>
>
>How do I correct this to allow the clients to download
and
>install the app.?
>.
>

Daniel Schade \(remove NOSPAM.PLEASE for answe

2004-06-29, 9:57 am

-> check for the urlscan (ISAPI) that is included in IIS6,
the default is to reject *.exe requests with 404 file not found

Daniel

"chris.paus@orametrix.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I would like to be able to do that but the web pages and
> ASP code are from a 3rd party. I have noticed that .cab
> files will download just fine. it is just .exe files which
> give me the error.
>
> files
> the