HTTP Error 500.19 with 0x8007000d on IIS7 “Malformed XML” in web.config

Question

I\'m forced to rebuild my machine from factory default. Everything should be the same, IIS version (7.5), OS (Windows 7), and my website files. However, something is differe

Answer 1

i was in the same situation as you looking for XML. i found the solution. in web.config file ,at the top of the file, there is a xml section. delete the content below, this solve my issue, later on the site can be opened.

<system.net>
<defaultProxy>
  <proxy autoDetect="true" />
</defaultProxy>

Answer 2

just create new site collection and replace the new web.config to the corrupted one, work for me thought

Answer 3

This problem also occurred with me... try this for Error Code 0x8007000d.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Delete this line from your web.config file.

This is a malformed XML element.

Delete it or comment it.

Answer 4

Did you remember to reinstall the rewrite module? It's not included with IIS 7.5 by default.

Beyond that, here is a similar question - I think the part about malformed is a red herring.

Answer 5

After so much pain i could resolve this error. The actual reason for me is i was using some url rewriting in config. After removing error has gone. The below is the code which i have removed from web.config.

  <serverRuntime frequentHitThreshold="1" frequentHitTimePeriod="10:00:00"/>
<rewrite>
  <rules>
    <rule name="HTTP to HTTPS redirect" stopProcessing="true">
      <match url="(.*)"/>
      <conditions>
        <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true"/>
      </conditions>
      <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Permanent" url="https://wikigurus.com/{R:1}"/>
    </rule>
  </rules>
</rewrite>