Solved? Missing ASP.NET tab in IIS
A while back I posted about my woes with my missing ASP.NET tab in Windows Server 2003. It was a fun mess: my ASP.NET tab was 100% missing and aspnet_regiis wasn't able to bring it back or force it to display. Then I bumped in to some documentation that said it didn't exist in certain version of Windows Server, etc. (Which was a LIE!!! - the ASP.NET tab will be in all versions of IIS except for deployments where your OS is x64/ia64 and IIS is set to run in 32bit compat mode.)
Anyhow, I recently repaved that machine. The ASP.NET tab was there when the box came back up - just as it should have been. (As paranoid as I was, it was one of the very first things that I checked).
After Installing VMware Server, which programmatically creates a new VMware Management Interface site in IIS, my ASP.NET tab is now 100% missing, and aspnet_regiis seems powerless to be able to bring it back.
I can't be certain, but it sure looks like something VMware Server is registering is breaking a registry entry or something, and making it such that the ASP.NET tab won't load anymore.
*Sniff* (Back to Dennis Bauer's excelletn ASP.NET Version switcher for me then... which, yes, supports ASP.NET 2.0...)
Yep, nailed that one! It must be VMWare because I had the same issue with VMWare installed. Goodbye to VMWare it is then!! At least on this server ;)
Posted by: Matt Morrison | September 22, 2006 at 02:56 AM
I the have same problem after I install vmware server. After I switch to vmware workstation 6 beta 3, this problem still exist. Damn!
Posted by: mike | March 05, 2007 at 03:24 PM
So, have you found a way to fix it after removing VMWare server?
My webmaster and I would like to be able to see the tab again, but...it's still not showing up even after uninstalling vmware server AND running aspnet_regiis -i again (from the .net 2.0 directory)
Posted by: Jake | April 13, 2007 at 05:03 PM
Yeah, it appears that VMware is doing something very nasty to the registry - so I doubt that you'll be able to get the tab back.
I guess someone should 'raise hell' with the folks at VMWare to let them know about this (though they probably already know about it).
Posted by: Michael K. Campbell | April 13, 2007 at 05:08 PM
A gent I work with figured out how to fix the issue where the APS.Net tab disappears from IIS Manager. I know this will work on 32 bit systems. I’m not sure how it will affect 64 bit Windows IIS installs… are they even broken… anyone care to check/try?
1) Stop the IIS Admin service (and any services that depend on it)
2) Open C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBase.xml in notepad. _DELETE_ the line that reads ‘Enable32BitAppOnWin64=”TRUE”’
3) Start -> Run -> iisreset
Your tab should now be back and functional.
If not - sorry, but it may help some people.
Posted by: Jake | May 01, 2007 at 08:09 AM
Mike C,
I was just reading your post over on the original thread, and it looks like you had already seen this fix. Sorry to appear to steal your idea there.
In our case, it's a good solution since the missing tab is on a 32-bit install of W2K3 server...
Posted by: Jake | May 01, 2007 at 08:18 AM
You d man!
This worked brilliantly after I installed VMware on a 32bit win2003 server.
Thanks
Dave
Posted by: I love Microsoft, honest, Dave | May 15, 2007 at 06:37 AM
>1) Stop the IIS Admin service (and any services that depend on it)
>2) Open C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBase.xml in notepad. _DELETE_ the line that reads ‘Enable32BitAppOnWin64=”TRUE”’
>3) Start -> Run -> iisreset
Great!!!
Thank you!
Posted by: Peter | July 12, 2007 at 03:25 AM
THANK YOU!
This does indeed work:
1) Stop the IIS Admin service (and any services that depend on it)
2) Open C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBase.xml in notepad. _DELETE_ the line that reads ‘Enable32BitAppOnWin64=”TRUE”’
3) Start -> Run -> iisreset
I, too have VMWare installed. I ran the steps above and the tab has re-appeared. You rock!
Thanks!
Posted by: Dave | September 26, 2007 at 03:33 PM
Damn, You saved my day! Its working...
Posted by: Michael | October 03, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Can I just say... YOU GUYS ROCK!!! I'm running VMWare and had the same problem. The simple .XML edit has made me a happy man.
Thanks a ton!
Rex Winn
Posted by: Rex Winn | October 29, 2007 at 09:17 PM
This also worked for me. Thank you!
Posted by: Scot | December 04, 2007 at 07:05 PM
I've been trying to work out exactly when my tab went missing - and you guys are heros! Yep VMWare. The cure worked for me too. W2K3 Standard 32bit.
Big thanks
Posted by: LeaUK | February 09, 2008 at 06:20 PM
Thank you so much!
Posted by: Eddie | March 11, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Worked for me too! Windows 2003 with VmWare Server 1.04
Thanks!
Posted by: Lars, Sweden | May 07, 2008 at 08:16 AM
You rock my world... I thought I had lost dot net and the end was nigh... But alas, you saved my but!
Thanks... :)
Posted by: Marky Mark | June 24, 2008 at 11:10 PM
I have the same problem too but on a different OS and IIS versions. Anyone have a fix for Win2k with IIS 5?
Posted by: Mikey | November 20, 2008 at 04:30 AM
http://weblogs.asp.net/plip/archive/2006/05/25/Where_2700_s-the-ASP.NET-Tab-in-IIS_3F00_-It_2700_s-Missing_2100_-I_2700_ve-installed-.NET-2.0-_2E002E002E00_.aspx
Posted by: Chris | May 22, 2009 at 04:00 AM