Can't run Classic ASP on IIS 7 Windows Server 2008 64 Bit

3
votes

We have a couple of web apps built in Classic ASP which are currently running on Windows Server 2003 32 Bit and IIS 6.

We are trying to migrate this to a new server running Windows Server 2008 64 Bit with IIS 7. But we are finding it very difficult to make Classic ASP work on IIS 7 in a 64 Bit OS.

I got to a tage where running the following code:

<%

Response.Write "This is the new www5"
Response.End

%>

Gives us an error on Response.End

This is the new www5 error '8002801d' 

/test.asp, line 4

I have enabled 32bit Applications, also registered a few times asp.dll running regsvr32.exe but no luck so far.

Tried restaring IIS, recycling the application pool after each config change but nothing.

Thanks in advance.

Federico

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iis-7asp-classicwindows-server-2008
I am slightly concerned that your manual registering of asp.dll may have caused you more problems that it would have solved. 2008 R2 runs Classic ASP apps fine in 64-bit, so it's not a generic problem and may be something specific about your setup. Do you have a spare box you can install from fresh with 2k8 R2 and just install the bare minimum (IIS + Classic ASP, no need for IIS6 elements mentioned below)? – Richard Benson
I've done this on more than one VM already using 2008R2 and had to follow the same procedure every time I'm afraid. – Federico Giust

3 Answers

2
votes

In the end it turned out to be a permission issue on the registry.

I googled a bit more and found that 8002801d error means than a library is not registered or not properly registered.

I used procmon to monitor the access to the registry and found out that a key under HKCR\TypeLib was getting access denied.

Then i tried to run regedt32 to add the permissions for the IIS USR to that key, but was getting access denied as well.

So I downloaded PSTOOLS and run the following command: psexec -s -i regedt32

That opened regedt32 without having any access denied popups and added the IIS USR to that key.

After doing this Classic ASP is working on IIS 7 Windows Server 2008 64 Bit.

Cheers, Federico

0
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Do this Step by Step:

Go to control panel Windows features on/off Tick this features:

3.a) Internet Information Service>Web management tools>IIS6 Management Compatibility

3.b) Internet Information Service>Web management tools>IIS Management Console

3.c) Internet Information Service>Worldwide web services>Application dev. features>ASP

3.d) Internet Information Service>Worldwide web services>Application dev. features>ISAPI Extentions

0
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To solve this issue you should change the application pool to "classic asp" in IIS settings and also change the application 64bit to 32bit.