ASP.NET What causes: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application…?

Question

I have an ASP.NET web site. I keep getting the error below in VS 2008. The site works fine from a browser. I have made every folder using IIS manager an ASP.NET app. Why does it

Answer 1

You likely have a virtual directory set up as a real site, having a bin directory, aspnet_client and web.config.

Either remove those and run it as a relative path, localhost\subdir\default.aspx, or create a new website in IIS to point directly at it.