Getting “Failed to apply web.config modifications” in Sharepoint Central Admininstration when trying to create a web application

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I try to add a new web application in sharepoint central administration and get the following error message:

Failed to apply web.config modifications to file 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\9675\web.config'. Failed to apply a web.config modification to file 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\9675\web.config'. The specified node "configuration/system.webserver/modules" was not found in the web.config file

The same error appears when trying to run any Shell-Command that changes something in the web.config. I already tried to do a repair-installation of sharepoint with no afford.

Any idea what could cause this error?

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"solved" this by reinstalling the machine... – Ole Albers

1 Answers

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If you want the quickest solution and the problem is happening on a testing web application just delete it and re-create it again. The new web application should have a clean web.config and you cana play again.

Otherwise you could be cleaning the web.config file manually and checking if your changes would help or not.

Also, make sure that you do not change web application root directory by editing settings in IIS. After doing thit SP runs fine but you'll get into trouble when maitaining features and solutions. SharePoint has this value in the database; you'd have to synchronize it with IIS using its object model.