BUG: Unable to Create Web Projects on PWS 4.0 (194003)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
This article was previously published under Q194003

SYMPTOMS

When you perform the Visual InterDev 6.0 Back Office installation, and then you attempt to create a new Web project, Visual InterDev fails with the following error message:
Unable to retrieve folder information from the server. An HTTP error occurred. The server could not complete your request. Contact your Internet service provider or Web server administrator to make sure that the server has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed, and that the Web application exists on that server.

NOTE: Prior to performing the Visual InterDev 6.0 Back Office installation, the FrontPage 98 Personal Web Server must be installed on the server/workstation.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem you need to uninstall and then reinstall the FrontPage Server Extensions by following these steps:
  1. Open the FrontPage Server Administrator.
  2. In the Selected Port box, click the port number you want to remove.

    NOTE: In the box you should see two ports:

    • 80 The standard HTTP port
    • 443 The port used for Secured Sockets Layer (SSL)
    If you have virtual servers, Internet Protocol Addresses (IPs) appear in the Port box, followed by a colon and a port number (for example, 157.45.35.27:80). Select the IP: port number.
  3. Click Uninstall.
  4. Click OK to confirm that you want to uninstall the Server Extensions.
  5. Click Install.
  6. A dialogue box appears. Select Microsoft Internet Information Server.
  7. Click OK to confirm that you want to install the Server Extensions.
  8. Specify the account you wish to associate as the administrator of the FrontPage Server Extensions, and then click OK.

    For additional information on how to install FrontPage Server Extensions, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    205696 FPSE: How to Install FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions for Internet Information Server

After you apply these changes, you might receive an "Unable to contact web server" error when attempting to create a new project. To resolve this, rerun the New Web Project Wizard. When specifying the server name, append ":80" to the server name, as in "localhost:80". You will only have to do this once (in other words, for future projects, only the server name is required, as in "localhost").

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/16/2005
Keywords:kbBug kbDSupport kbWebServer KB194003
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