MVC windows authentication grayed (greyed) out in project properties

Question

I am trying to use Windows Authentication in a VS 2013, MVC 4 project that was originally done in VS2011.

It worked fine on VS2011, but when I moved to VS2013 on the same machine, using IIS 7 problems ensued.

I have windows authentication set in web.config (and anonymous authentication disabled):

<security>
  <authentication>
    <anonymousAuthentication enabled="false"/>
    <windowsAuthentication enabled="true"/>
  </authentication>
</security>

However, these attributes are grayed (greyed) out in the "f4" properties window for the VS2013 solution.

When I debug the program, I get the following error:

HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error with Error Code 0x80070021

I have tried editing C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config applicationHost.config per similar posts in forums, and restarting the services, but the problem still persists.

Does anyone know how to please solve this?

Thanks in advance.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 06 '15 at 08:10

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What works for me is the following line in web.config -->

<system.web>
    <authentication mode="Windows" />
</system.web>

edited Oct 06 '15 at 08:10

Mohit S

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answered Dec 01 '14 at 17:40

ejhost

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Yes have this also but the problem still persists – JosephDoggie Dec 01 '14 at 17:51
Does anyone have other ideas, please? – JosephDoggie Dec 01 '14 at 17:52
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Are you talking about the "Development Server" properties being grayed out in the Project Properties? The web.config is separate from the "f4" properties specified there – ejhost Dec 01 '14 at 18:10
Yes, that's exactly it – JosephDoggie Dec 01 '14 at 18:56
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Not sure if this is relevant, but it may help you --> http://stackoverflow.com/a/22824591/2395030 If you create a new project, are you able to edit these settings? – ejhost Dec 01 '14 at 19:07
Thanks, still not what I need, however. – JosephDoggie Dec 01 '14 at 19:56
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Hmm, are you able to toggle these settings in other projects? Just trying to get an idea if this is a systematic issue, or something specific to this VS project.. here's another link with some interesting information --> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4762538/iis-express-windows-authentication?rq=1 – ejhost Dec 01 '14 at 20:00
Yes, I can save them in other projects. See answer below. – JosephDoggie Dec 05 '14 at 13:17

JosephDoggie · Answer 2 · 2014-12-05T13:18:08.680

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It appears that upgrading an MVC project from VS 2011 to 2013 (at least if this happens) is not an easy thing to do. I finally punted and started a new VS 2013 project and imported various controllers, views, etc. into that project, which actually worked surprisingly well. If you reach this page in a search and some of the other sites with answers have been failing for you, you may wish to do likewise.

edited Dec 05 '14 at 13:18

answered Dec 02 '14 at 19:18

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