“CS0016: Could not write to output file” error when starting an app in IIS 7

Question

I am running Windows 7, and am not usually a developer in this setting, and have recently built a WCF Rest Service in C#, that I\'m now trying to deploy to IIS just on my lo

Answer 1

On Windows 8/Server 2012 there is no support for aspnet_regiis any more. I tried reinstall using windows features: fail. I tried reinstalling IIS: fail. I tried reinstall through WebPI: fail.

I solved the issue by setting the ACL's on the Windows Temp Directory.

Here is a powershell that does the job:

$dir = "C:\Windows\Temp"
$acl = get-acl -path $dir
$new = "IIS_IUSRS","Modify","ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit","None","Allow"
$accessRule = new-object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $new
$acl.SetAccessRule($accessRule)
$acl | Set-Acl $dir