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Article ID: 201522 - Last Review: February 19, 2007 - Revision: 2.4
"Unable to create a Web for the URL '/' " error message when you install FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions or FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions
This article was previously published under Q201522
When you install the FrontPage Server Extensions to a
virtual server that you have created, you receive the following error message
Unable to create a Web for the URL "" because its root
directory, path1, falls below the root of another
Web in the directory, path2.
where
path1 is the path to the home directory of the
virtual server where you are trying to install the extensions, and
path2 is the path to the home directory of the
virtual server that contains
path1.
For additional information, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
194475Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=194475/EN-US/
)
FP98: Server Extensions Do Not Support Nested Virtual Roots
This behavior can occur if one virtual server is nested
inside another virtual server, meaning that the content folders for the virtual
servers overlap. While this may be a valid setup for your Web server, the
FrontPage Server Extensions cannot work properly in this environment.
Configure your virtual servers so that the content folders
do not overlap. For example, configure all virtual servers in folders at the
same level in the directory structure as the default Microsoft Internet
Information Services (IIS) Wwwroot folder, like this:
C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\ (typical default Web site on IIS)
C:\Inetpub\Server1\ (virtual server 1)
C:\Inetpub\Server2\ (virtual server 2)
Or, if you have virtual servers configured under the
default IIS Wwwroot folder, you can remap the default Web site for IIS to a new
folder under the Wwwroot path, like this:
C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\NewRoot\ (remapped default Web site)
C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\Server1\ (virtual server 1)
C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\Server2\ (virtual server 2)
As an alternative to either of the preceding
options, you can use different directories and drives on your server for the
content folders:
C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot (typical default Web site on IIS)
C:\WebsSites\Server1\ (virtual server 1)
D:\Users\msbob\Server2\ (virtual server 2)
For additional information about
creating or configuring virtual servers and settings in Microsoft Internet
Information Services, click the following article numbers to view the articles
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
301392Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=301392/
)
How To Create a Virtual Folder (Subweb) in IIS 4.0 or IIS 5.0
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions
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