IIS 6.0: I can not download .java files

[stergiosnik]

Hello everyone.
I have a problem with IIS 6.0 server. This problem happened suddently. I am trying to download a .java file and IIS returns the error "The page cannot be found".

For example, suppose that I click to something like this:

http://www.demosite.com/test.java.

I would expect to see the "Save file" option in order to download and save the "test.java" file on my hard disk but I get the following error message
"Page can not be found
HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)"

I renamed the same java file from .java to .txt i.e.

http://www.demosite.com/test.txt

and I can download the file but if I change the extension to .java then I get this "HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found" error.

Any ideas why IIS 6.0 does not allow me to download .java files?

What should I check in IIS in order to figure out the cause of the problem?

Thank you in advance.

 

[ggriffit]

have you added the MIME Type to the allowed list ? see

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326965

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005 & 2006

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/

 

[stergiosnik]

Ok. Solution found. I removed the .java extension entry from:
Web Site properties > Home Directory > Configuration > Application Extensions
Thanks.