Allow loading of JSON files in Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web

Question

I have the problem, that the IIS from Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web doesn\'t allow the loading of *.json files. When trying to load a *.json file I get a 403 Forbidden

Answer 1

• Open CMD with administrator privilages.

• Go to:

  cd C:\Program Files\IIS Express or
  cd C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express

• Run command:

  appcmd set config /section:staticContent /+[fileExtension='JSON',mimeType='application/x-javascript']