Hosting Silverlight 5 in IIS 5.1

Question

I wanted to know if a Silverlight application can be hosted on IIS 5.1, because when I create a virtual directory and publish the Silverlight project and try browsing it, I get this following error:

The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser to retry your request.

Answer 1

Host Silverlight in IIS:

1. Add application to: (Or make sure IIS_IUSRS has permission)

   C:\inetpub\wwwroot\[Application]
   

2. Add Website and point to Silverlight directory
3. Add it as an application
4. Make SURE you set the application pool to something that is capably of .Net 4
   1. Go to Application Pools on the Connection Pane
   2. Right click on the Application Pool you are using for the application
   3. Go to Basic Settings
   4. 
5. Set the Default Document to your Silverlight page
6. Start the Web Site