IIS not able to locate the web.config

Question

I have a deployed a web application in IIS. Which used to work without any issues. Recently i have shifted that web application to another machine, Here is the problem. Once i setup the Webapplication when i opened the default document in IIS im getting the File not found error as following

Internal Server Error

\?\C:\inetpub\wwwroot\application\web.config

I have no clue why the IIS is not able to find the web.config. The file is present in the path C:\inetpub\wwwroot\application\web.config but the IIS is looking in the path \?\C:....

Please let me know how to resolve this??

user_7189085 · Answer

In my case, I was running ASP .NET Core website so I had to install .Net Core Runtime from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/current/runtime

user_13056635 · Answer

If you are getting mysql localhost error. What I will do will work for you.

Control Panel(View by: Large Icons) >> Programs and Features >> (Usually upper left corner) Turn Windows Features on or off >> Internet Information Services >> Web Management Tools and World Wide Web Services

After Restart.

IIS not able to locate the web.config

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