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I have a website that is setup in the IIS as an application on a server. When i click a page from the IIS and click browse it loads the page fine. If i run the web app in VS2010, it launches the pages just fine. The problem is when i try to access the page from a browser it gives me this error...

Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error: 

Line 88:             ASP.NET to identify an incoming user. 
Line 89:         -->
Line 90:     <authentication mode="Windows" />
Line 91:     <!--
Line 92:             The <customErrors> section enables configuration

This is site is totally down due to this error and i need to get it fixed asap...google has yielded 2 results, make sure the site is set as an app in IIS which it is and also check for nested web.config files which there is only one config file. Thoughts?

CodingGorilla
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  • Double check that your virtual directory is really an application in IIS. 9/10 times that's why this error occurs. – jrummell Dec 21 '12 at 15:38

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It looks like you have a web.config in a sub-folder of a website that is not configured as an IIS application. You have to either make that folder a proper application, or remove that web.config file.

So for example: Your website is in: C:\inetpub\mysite, and you have: c:\inetpub\mysite\subfolder1\web.config. In order for that web.config to be accepted by IIS, you have to tell IIS that subfolder1 is an IIS application.

CodingGorilla
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Have you also converted the folder you are trying to protect as a web application within IIS? Right click on the folder inside of IIS and select Convert to Application.

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