Good call. That is exactly it. I disabled anti-virus and it works.
I use McAfee Virusscan professional. Obviously, I don't want to disable my
virus scan so I suppose I will have to contact their tech support and report
this. What a pain in the rear.
Thanks for all your help.
- Ron
"David Wang [Msft]" <someone@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hmm, I cannot reproduce what you are saying with VS.Net 2003 at all. I
> used
> a mapped drive letter to access a remote server's files, and it saved just
> fine. I made several changes, clicked the save icon or ctrl-s, and
> everything went ok. I tried UNC filename, it was ok as well.
>
> I wonder if anti-virus software is involved here, where it has the file
> open
> that prevents quick modification.
>
> --
> //David
> IIS
>
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> //
> "Ron Weldy" <ronweldy@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:OjjyU2AEFHA.3256@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi David,
>
> I downloaded Process Explorer and replicated the Access Denied error.
> Looking in process explorer I can see that VS.NET (devenv.exe) has a
> handle
> to the file:
> \Device\LanmanRedirector\;Q:000000000001cf40\otter den\stariq\web site
> files\stariq\members
> and looking at the properties it says that there are 3 references and one
> handle. I really don't know how to use this tool very well so any hints
> you
> may have will be helpful. As this is a really annoying problem, I would
> like
> to make some headway on it. Should I be posting on the VS.NET group as
> well?
>
> Here is another interesting tidbit. It does not matter if I have looked at
> the file in internet explorer or not. Simply opening the file and making a
> change and then trying to save it causes an access denied error. So having
> done that, I simply created a text file on the share on my server using
> vs.net. I put it in a directory unrelated to any web site. It create and
> saved it, that was fine. Then added another line of text and hit the save
> icon. Boom! Access Denied.
>
> Then I went and created a text file and saved it using unc naming
> conventions. Had no problems creating it and making changes and saving it.
>
> This is VS.NET issue. It cannot save files to mapped drives.
>
> "David Wang [Msft]" <someone@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23RG$36$CFHA.2032@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Ok, let me make sure I understand your filesystem setup.
>>
>> 1. Server has the ASPX files on a local drive
>> 2. IIS is configured to map URL to the local ASPX files via a local
>> directory
>> 3. The Server has some UNC shares (including the C$ / D$ shares )
>> 4. You NET USE to the Server's UNC share(s) and map it to a local drive
>> letter
>> 5. VS.Net is on a separate machine from the server and accesses the ASPX
>> files via this local drive letter
>>
>> i.e.
>> Your server OS is on C: and you have this file:
>> C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyApp\MyApp.aspx
>> IIS has /MyApp vdir mapped to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyApp
>> On a separate machine, you run NET USE Z: \\server\wwwroot$ using an
>> account
>> that has access
>> With VS.Net, you open Z:\MyApp\MyApp.aspx and can make requests to
>>
http://server/MyApp/MyApp.aspx
>>
>> The details are important because different technology are in play
>> depending
>> on what you say.
>>
>> --
>> //David
>> IIS
>>
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> //
>> "Ron Weldy" <ronweldy@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23qiUVn0CFHA.480@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Cool. I'll give that a shot. So could it be possible that VS.NET has two
>> open handles to the file? Wierd. What's really strange is that it will
>> write
>> back some of the file and then truncate the end. If you are not careful
>> and
>> do a save as, you lose! Then you wonder why your asp page is whacked out.
>> Luckily I had a backup on the production server the first few times it
>> happened until I figured out what was going on.
>>
>> Not a pleasant bug.
>>
>> VS.NET is installed on my dev machine, not on the server where IIS is
>> installed. I am opening files that are on a drive mapped to the server.
>> I'm
>> not using UNC. Keep in mind that it may work okay at first but after 3 or
>> 4
>> iterations of change - save - refresh page... it then hits.
>>
>>
>> "David Wang [Msft]" <someone@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:OGAogIpCFHA.3740@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> You can validate by using a tool like Process Explorer
>>> (
www.sysinternals.com) to see what process has an open handle on the
>>> file
>>> you get "Access Denied" on (open ProcExp, Ctrl-F, enter the filename,
>>> search, and see the process that appears).
>>>
>>> I'll try out Visual Studio 2003 and see what happens. Is the VS.Net
>>> installed on the same machine as IIS or different?
>>>
>>> --
>>> //David
>>> IIS
>>>
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights.
>>> //
>>> "Ron Weldy" <ronweldy@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e8gBmjnCFHA.3688@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Okay, so check this out. I started using VS 6.0 and I have not had any
>>> problems. It must be VS.NET that has the bug! Try using VS.NET and see
>>> what
>>> happens. I just use file -> open with no project. I'm using build
>>> hmmm...
>>> okay I just went to help about and I got a blank window that says 'Key
>>> Expired'. What the? I have a fully registered and activated version!
>>> Hmmm...
>>> that window came up twice. Must be some plug-in or something. Anyway the
>>> dev
>>> environment is 7.1.3088.
>>>
>>>
>>> "David Wang [Msft]" <someone@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OHYlxwcCFHA.1432@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> This is really weird. I see all these claims of people saying that
>>>> "when
>>>> I
>>>> update content on IIS6 it either continues to serve stale content or
>>>> get
>>>> access denied", and I totally have been unable to reproduce any of
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>> I mean, I go and install WS03 and then IIS6, publish my ASP/ASPX file
>>>> to
>>>> inetpub\wwwroot, make a few requests to it to see it and get it
>>>> cached --
>>>> and when I open that ASP file up with notepad, make some changes, save
>>>> it --
>>>> I *immediately* see the changes. Every time. No access denied, no
>>>> stale
>>>> entries, no problems at all. I even check to make sure my static and
>>>> dynamic
>>>> files are truly cached in memory/kernel-mode and then make the edits,
>>>> and
>>>> they continue to immediately work for me (I see the cache miss/flush as
>>>> well). Same thing happens when I make the vdir go over a UNC share --
>>>> still
>>>> works. Pass-thru auth also works.
>>>>
>>>> So, I really have no suggestions other than to ask for all the details
>>>> of
>>>> your configuration and problem-reproduction steps (more details the
>>>> better).
>>>> I've really gone through and tried out all the settings and see that
>>>> they
>>>> work as advertised from the very start. No fuss.
>>>>
>>>> So, I'm really anxious to get a good setup/example that predictably
>>>> fails
>>>> and that I can reproduce it as well...
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> //David
>>>> IIS
>>>>
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
>>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>>> rights.
>>>> //
>>>> "Ron Weldy" <ronweldy@msn.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23VeWAtOCFHA.3092@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> I have a test server runinng 2003/IIS 6 with a mixture of asp and
>>>> asp.net
>>>> files. On my workstation I have a share set up to the folder where the
>>>> web
>>>> files reside. I am just doing quick and dirty asp editing (like I used
>>>> to
>>>> be
>>>> able to do with 2K/IIS5) where I use VS.NET, open an asp file, make
>>>> changes,
>>>> save and refresh my browser.
>>>>
>>>> Problem is that I get an Access is Denied error when I try to save the
>>>> file
>>>> and then the file gets wiped on the server. If I reopen it, only half
>>>> of
>>>> it
>>>> is there. So obviously, it's getting locked and cached. This looks like
>>>> a
>>>> problem from IIS 4 days
>>>> (
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;191742) but as
>>>> I
>>>> mentioned I'm using IIS 6.0 now and VS.NET to boot (it's such a pain
>>>> changing and getting up to speed).
>>>>
>>>> What should I do? How can I disable caching on my test server, or
>>>> should
>>>> I
>>>> be practicing a new method of working?
>>>>
>>>> - Ron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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