Stop inheriting web.config from parent ASP.NET application in IIS 7.5

Question

We have deployed an ASP.NET Website (App 1) in IIS 7.5. Then under that application create another ASP.NET application (App 2). But in App 2, I don\'t want to inherit the

Answer 1

You can't wrap the whole configuration element in a . This isn't supported in ASP.NET (yet).

From the documentation:

SectionInformation.InheritInChildApplications Property

The InheritInChildApplications property applies only to location-specific configuration settings.

Also:

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the settings that are specified in the associated configuration section are inherited by applications that reside in a subdirectory of the relevant application.

elements are special and are not configuration settings as such. They are used to define the handlers for configuration settings.

If you need to remove a conflicting configuration

from a child application you can do this in the child application's web.config file with the element:

remove Element for configSections (General Settings Schema)