WCF, Service attribute value in the ServiceHost directive could not be found

Question

I\'m trying to host my service with IIS 6 but I keep get this exception.

    Server Error in \'/WebServices\' Application.
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Answer 1

I also ran into this issue trying the Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples.Calculator WCF sample. I am using IIS 5.1. I resolved it by ensuring that the website that was auto-generated (servicemodelsamples) was not an application. Right-click the folder, click "Properties" and click the "Create" button.