I have classic ASP running on IIS 7.
Even though I configured the ASP "Debugging Properties" to "Send Errors to Browser = True", the web app REFUSES to send errors to the browser and continues to send a 500 internal server error.
Any ideas?
I had a 500 error with an ASP Classic application I had just installed on a new server (Windows 2019). Every URL on the application returned 500, no matter what. But no errors were being shown in the Windows event log, and despite configuring detailed errors, as mentioned in several the other answers here, no specific error was being displayed in the browser.
The only clue was in the IIS logs, which showed the HTTP status code as 500, and the IIS substatus code as 19. So a 500.19 error.
That led me to and the specific issue I was having was answered by the second part of this section:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/iis/http-error-500-19-webpage#hresult-code-0x80070005
which says:
Don't configure the website to use UNC pass-through authentication to access the remote UNC share. Instead, specify a user account that has the appropriate permissions to access the remote UNC share.
and (this is the part I needed to do):
Grant the Read permission to the IIS_IUSRS group for the ApplicationHost.config or Web.config file. To do it, follow these steps:
In Windows Explorer, locate the folder that contains the ApplicationHost.config file that is associated with the website, or locate the virtual directories or the application directories that contain the Web.config file that is associated with the website.
Note
The Web.config file may not be in the virtual directories or the application directories in IIS. Even in this situation, you have to follow these steps.
Right-click the folder that contains the ApplicationHost.config file, or right-click the virtual or application directories that may contain the Web.config file.
Select Properties.
Select the Security tab, and then Select Edit.
Select Add.
In the Enter the object names to select box, type \IIS_IUSRS, select Check Names, and then select OK.
Note
is a placeholder for the computer name.
Select the Read check box, and then select OK.
In the Properties dialog box for the folder, select OK.
Note
Make sure that the folder properties are inherited by the ApplicationHost.config and Web.config files so that IIS_IUSRS has the Read permission for those files.
