application-pool

I want my MVC3 web application to access %APPDATA% (e.g. C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming on Windows 7) because I store configuration files there. Therefore I created an application pool in IIS with the identity of the user "MyUsername", created that user's profile by logging in with the account, and turned on the option "Load User Profile" (was true by default anyway). Impersonation is turned off. Now I have the problem that %APPDATA% (in C#): appdataDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) resolves to c:\windows\system32\inetsrv instead of C:\Users

UPDATE -- process to replicate issue: 1) Create a website project at c:\projects\restart-demo 2) Add default web.config and a dummy aspx page test.aspx 3) Map IIS to point to the root folder c:\projects\restart-demo 4) Monitor application restarts using perfmon, health monitoring, tracking in global.asax Application_End, etc. 5) Request page in browser http://localhost/test.aspx application start 6) Create new folder c:\projects\restart-demo\asdf application end 7) Request page in browser http://localhost/test.aspx application start 8) Rename folder c:\projects\restart-demo\asdf to c:\projects

How do I get the identity of an appPool programmatically in C#? I want the application pool user and NOT the user who is currently logged in. adt You could use System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name to identify the Identity in which the current application is running. This link provides a nice utility which displays the identity under which the aspx is run. You need to make a reference to Microsoft.Web.Administration (in Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll). Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll is located in C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv. //Add this to your using statements: using