FP2000: Error Message: Server Error: You Are Not Allowed to Put Files into an Executable Folder on This Server (308948)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
This article was previously published under Q308948

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft FrontPage, when you attempt to publish your Web to a Web server running Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 or Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, copy files to Web Folders, or create a new page in your Web, you may receive the following error message:
Server error: The folder folder name is marked executable. You are not allowed to put files into an executable folder on this server.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the script execution permissions for your Web site are configured incorrectly on the server, as follows:
  • In IIS 5.0, the Execute Permissions option is set to Scripts and Executables.

    -or-
  • In IIS 4.0, the Permissions option is set to Execute (including script).
This setting allows users to run both scripts and executables on the server.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, set the script execution permissions for your Web site to Scripts only (in IIS 5.0) or Script (in IIS 4.0) on the Web server. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Open Internet Services Manager or the custom Microsoft Management Console (MMC) containing the IIS snap-in.
  2. Right-click the content folder of your Web site, and then click Properties.
  3. Click the Directory tab.
  4. Under Application Settings, do the following, as appropriate to your version of IIS:
    • In IIS 5.0, click Scripts only in the Execute Permissions box, and then click OK.

      -or-
    • In IIS 4.0, click Script, and then click OK.
  5. Quit Internet Services Manager or close the IIS snap-in.

REFERENCES

For more information about how to configure Web server permissions for IIS, see the IIS documentation. To view the documentation, start Microsoft Internet Explorer, and then type the following URL in the Address bar:

For IIS 5.0:

http://localhost/iisHelp/

For IIS 4.0:

http://server name/iisHelp/

where server name is the name of the server running IIS.

For additional information about how to troubleshoot a similar documented error message, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

219110 FP2000: Folder is Marked Executable Error When Saving a Page to a Web

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/7/2006
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB308948
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