How do I set up an application that holds files in IIS 7

Question

I have a folder location that contains .txt files (say C:\Files). I need to be able to access it using http://localhost/Files/myFile.txt

I created a Virtual directory and mapped it to C:\Files. However, when I browse to the .txt file using the URL, it gives me an error. It appears that its looking for web.config file. I tried creating an application in IIS with the same result.

EDIT

Answer 1

IIS 7 will always try to walk directories to look for additional config data (stored in web.config files).

You're throwing a 500.19 because the security context that your worker process is running under does not have rights to check if the web.config file exists in c:\files.

You need to grant NTFS permissions to your worker process to read from that location.

Depending on the version of windows and your worker process configuration granting Read/list folder contents to the IIS_IUSRS group is probably what you need.

Feel free to reply back with your windows/IIS version and the security context that your worker process is running under (Application Pools -> Identity) if the above suggestion doesn't work.