IIS ASP Issue

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Topic: IIS ASP Issue

Posted By: mholmes
Subject: IIS ASP Issue
Date Posted: 31 December 2012 at 3:09am

Trying to setup ASP using IIS on a Windows 7 Ultimate machine. Getting this error:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error:

Line 16:     <compilation debug="false" strict="false" explicit="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
Line 17: 
Line 18:     <authentication mode="Forms">
Line 19:       <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login.aspx" timeout="2880" />
Line 20:     </authentication>

I'm not sure what to do to fix the issue, Im very new to ASP as a developer. Thanks in advance for help.