why images are not loaded despite of correct url in IIS 7?

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this is the code to read the complete path with name of all files (images) from the folder inside the project

 @{ string[] imgfiles = Directory.GetFiles(@"D:\MVClearningProjects\Demo\Demo\Property_Data\Images\" + item.Property_ID, "*.*");}

this code is to load the first image to cshtml view file

 <img src="@Url.Content(imgfiles[0])" alt="carousel bootstrap first" readonly style="width:200px; height:120px;"  />
//not allowed local resources when I run this project  usig ISS

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score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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Like the error message is telling you, you are not allowed to do that. Due to security reasons, most browsers simply will not allow the use of file://. You need to host it with your application and load it from the web server.
Have a look at this great SO answer for an explanation and proposed solution to the problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Feb 04 '16 at 18:34

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 18:58

This error was due to using the .physical path instead of virtual in following code

@{ string[] imgfiles = Directory.GetFiles(@"D:\MVClearningProjects\Demo\Demo\Property_Data\Images\" + item.Property_ID, "*.*");}
 <img src="@Url.Content(imgfiles[0])" alt="carousel bootstrap first" readonly style="width:200px; height:120px;"  />

I fixed it by replacing the physical path with virtual

 @{ string[] imgfiles = Directory.GetFiles(@"D:\MVClearningProjects\Demo\Demo\Property_Data\Images\" + item.Property_ID, "*.*");
            for (int i = 0; i < imgfiles.Length; i++)
            {//converting physical address into virtual
                imgfiles[i]= imgfiles[i].Replace(@"D:\MVClearningProjects\Demo\Demo", "~").Replace(@"\", "/");
            }
        }
<img src="@Url.Content(imgfiles[0])" alt="carousel bootstrap first" readonly style="width:200px; height:120px;"  />

why images are not loaded despite of correct url in IIS 7?

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