[FIX] Another possible fix for the missing ASP .Net tab problem

[Patrick Philippot]

Hi,

Since the suggested registry workaround was irrelevant in my case, I have
done some debugging. I have found out that one essential registry key
(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.Aspnet.Snapin.AspNetM anagementUtility.2) had an
empty ACL ??? So when trying to load the property page extension, the MMC
got an "access denied" error.

By the way, this is not the first time that the ACL of some registry keys
are corrupted after installing a .Net related product.

Anyway, here is what I have done:

1. You can't reset the permissions for this key from Regedit. You have to
use SUBINACL to at least grant full control to the local Administrators.
Then you can do what you want from Regedit. When using SUBINACL target
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\Microsoft.Aspn et.Snapin.AspNetManagementUtility.2
instead of
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.Aspnet.Snapin.AspNetMa nagementUtility.2. For
some reason, SUBINACL refused to execute any command against the latter.

2. Uninstalled and re-installed IIS.

3. Repaired the .Net Framework 2.0.

And bingo, the ASP .Net tab is back.

Hope this helps.

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Patrick Philippot - Microsoft MVP
MainSoft Consulting Services
www.mainsoft.fr