How to publish ASP.NET 3.5 on IIS 5.1?

Question

I am using visual studio 2008 fo rasp .net 3.5 web development. I published the website and added virtual directory in IIS 5.1 built in windows xp.

When i run the page, the following error is displayed.

The XML page cannot be displayed 
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. 

A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/cdt/Dashboard.aspx'. Line 1, Pos...

<%@ page language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" autoeventwireup="true" inherits="_Default, App_Web_zy4yhpyn" ...

Do i have to install anything else?

why is this happening?

What is the solution?

UPDATE: Chose .net 2.0 version. (there is no option such as 3.5 in IIS 5.1)(Should i install a higher version?)

Ran it again and now get this error: Failed to access IIS metabase. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.

EDIT: ok. I found the error.

Solved it by reinstalling ASP at http://csharpdotnetfreak.blogspot.com/2009/02/failed-to-access-iis-metabase.html

great!

Answer 1

for some reason the aspx files are not rendered properly. try registering asp.net using ASP.NET IIS Registration Tool (Aspnet_regiis.exe u- uninstall, i-install) once again. Also check the version of asp.net in the IIS.