MMC: All Sites Are Stopped, and Opening a Web Site Causes "Unable to Enumerate Files and Directories..." Error Message (241151)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q241151
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SYMPTOMS

When the Internet Service Manager (ISM) in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is opened, all sites under the computer are shown in the Stopped state, even though they may actually be running.

Also, attempting to open a Web site causes the following error message to be displayed:
Unable to enumerate files and directories because the following error occurred:
The system cannot find the path specified.

CAUSE

The Windows user account that you are logged onto the computer with does not have the Administrator privilege.

RESOLUTION

Log onto the computer with a user account that has the Administrator privilege.

If this fails to resolve the issue, delete the following key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Userkeys\MS_IIS_DCOM_CLIENT

(c) Microsoft Corporation 2000, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Kevin Zollman, Microsoft Corporation.


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/23/2005
Keywords:kbpending kbprb KB241151