Handler “ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0” has a bad module “ManagedPipelineHandler” in its module list

Question

To be honest, I\'ve tried to turn a dirty trick on IIS and just when I thought that I was going to get away with it, I realized my workaround doesn\'t work. Here\'s what I\'

Answer 1

If you're running into this error with Windows 8/Windows Server 2012 and .Net 4.5 follow these instructions here: http://www.britishdeveloper.co.uk/2013/01/handler-extensionlessurlhandler.html

Go to "turn Windows features on or off" Then Internet Information Services Then World Wide Web Services Then Application Development Features And then enable ASP.NET 4.5

This worked for me (although the wizard and wording is a little different in Windows Server 2012, but you'll figure it out). With this being said, why this is necessary after installing everything through the Web Platform Installer including all of the dependencies is completely beyond me...