Thanks for this solution...it was exactly what I needed to solve a problem that I had with a new hosting account with GodsWeb. Their technical support correctly diagnosed that it was something to do with the web.config file but were unable to tell me what exactly to do to solve it.
Your post here has been the life saver. Thanks again.
I have this line in my webconfig; yet I still get the 404 error for my exe file. (Oh, erase that, it worked.) I was modifying the incorrect web.config file. Thanks much!
404 - File or directory not found. when setting up a .exe file download
Recieve 404 error when trying to setup download of .exe files from a link or a directory.
Thanks to Blus Onion Software here is a refeence.
http://blueonionsoftware.com/blog.aspx?p=baecdd86-1a91-4d63-86cf-90e5916d58a3
How to configure IIS 7 to allow downloading .exe files
If you’re finding that you’re getting 404 errors when trying to download executable files, add the following to your web.config (IIS 7 only).
Hi Keith
Thanks for sharing. It's good to know how to handle this.
I guess this can also be handled directly in IIS, right?
/Jan
Hi Keith,
Thanks for this solution...it was exactly what I needed to solve a problem that I had with a new hosting account with GodsWeb. Their technical support correctly diagnosed that it was something to do with the web.config file but were unable to tell me what exactly to do to solve it.
Your post here has been the life saver. Thanks again.
Regards,
Wole.
I have this line in my webconfig; yet I still get the 404 error for my exe file. (Oh, erase that, it worked.) I was modifying the incorrect web.config file. Thanks much!
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