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Attempting to create a new Web application in Central Administration will fail with the following error message:
    Absolute path information is required.
Subsequent attempts to create web applications will also fail with same error.
The error message is a result of a failed attempt to provision a new Web application.
For example:
- An application pool was created prior to creating the Web application and the application pool was shut down and new Web application is created that uses that application pool.
- The path to the virtual directory is mistyped (such as missing a colon as in: c\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\virtualDirectories\1111).
As a workaround you may be able to create new web applications via the command line using stsadm utility.
To delete the offending web application the following sample code can be used as reference:
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPWebApplicationCollection oWebCollection = SPWebService.ContentService.WebApplications;
foreach (SPWebApplication oWeb in oWebCollection)
{
if (oWeb.Name == "MySampleWebApplication")
oWeb.Delete();
}
}
}
}
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The offending failed Web application will be the last one you attempted to create as all future attempts will fail. You may notice a database created as well as an application pool but missing the Web application.
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