I was using the "View in Browser" feature of Visual Studio to view my newly created Sitefinity web site. When doing this, I was getting the following error:
Server Error in '/DesigningExample' Application.
Failed to map the path '/'.
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.InvalidOperationException: Failed to map the path '/'.
Source Error:
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Source File: c:\Users\Gabe\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\designingexample\68da85a9\f07fdf89\App_Web_ejo40ey5.2.cs Line: 0
Stack Trace:
[InvalidOperationException: Failed to map the path '/'.]
System.Web.Configuration.ProcessHostConfigUtils.MapPathActual(String siteName, VirtualPath path) +261
System.Web.Configuration.ProcessHostMapPath.MapPathCaching(String siteID, VirtualPath path) +580
System.Web.Configuration.ProcessHostMapPath.GetPathConfigFilenameWorker(String siteID, VirtualPath path, String& directory, String& baseName) +19
System.Web.Configuration.ProcessHostMapPath.System.Web.Configuration.IConfigMapPath.GetPathConfigFilename(String siteID, String path, String& directory, String& baseName) +37
System.Web.Configuration.HostingPreferredMapPath.GetPathConfigFilename(String siteID, String path, String& directory, String& baseName) +77
System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationHost.GetStreamName(String configPath) +166
System.Configuration.Internal.DelegatingConfigHost.GetStreamName(String configPath) +10
System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.InitConfigFromFile() +249
[ConfigurationErrorsException: An error occurred loading a configuration file: Failed to map the path '/'.]
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors.ThrowIfErrors(Boolean ignoreLocal) +245611
System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfParseErrors(ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors) +40
System.Configuration.Configuration..ctor(String locationSubPath, Type typeConfigHost, Object[] hostInitConfigurationParams) +412
System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigConfigurationFactory.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigConfigurationFactory.Create(Type typeConfigHost, Object[] hostInitConfigurationParams) +29
System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationHost.OpenConfiguration(WebLevel webLevel, ConfigurationFileMap fileMap, VirtualPath path, String site, String locationSubPath, String server, String userName, String password, IntPtr tokenHandle) +961
System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfigurationImpl(WebLevel webLevel, ConfigurationFileMap fileMap, String path, String site, String locationSubPath, String server, String userName, String password, IntPtr userToken) +84
System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(String path) +36
Telerik.Cms.Web.DatabasePane.DoWork() +19
Telerik.Cms.Web.StartupWizard.wizard_NextButtonClick(Object sender, CmsWizardNavigationEventArgs e) +109
Telerik.Cms.Web.UI.CmsWizard.OnNextButtonClick(CmsWizardNavigationEventArgs e) +75
Telerik.Cms.Web.UI.CmsWizard.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +363
System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +35
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.OnCommand(CommandEventArgs e) +115
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +132
System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +7
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +11
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +177
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +7248
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +213
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() +86
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context) +18
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) +49
ASP.sitefinity_cmsstartup_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in c:\Users\Gabe\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\designingexample\68da85a9\f07fdf89\App_Web_ejo40ey5.2.cs:0
System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +358
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64
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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.1434; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.1434
It looks like this error was being thrown because I am using Vista and not running Visual Studio as Administrator. When loading Visual Studio you can right-click the icon and click "Run as Administrator" to fix this issue.
Gabe Sumner