During installation it stops and the following error message occurs :

Error 424 trying to create IIS virtual directory
Please check you IIS settings (inetmgr).

I tried inetmgr, but there are no settings for virtual folders, or at least i haven't seen them.
IIS 7.0 and Ajax Extentions are both installed

Thanks

Joe

Hi Joe,

Can you provide a little more info ? What OS are you running ?

Vista Business SP1
Do i have to active IIS or can i check it's current state ?

inetmgr pretty much give me no information at all

Connections are listed and there were no entries when i first got the error so i tried to manually ad localhost, but that didn't change anything.

edit : it fails executing ftrCreateVDir.vbs

can you take a look in the eventviewer for details ?

Indeed, the problem occurs when the installer tries to create the Virtual directory in IIS
In fact the installer creates this script called ftrCreateVDir.vbs in your temp folder and executes it.

HOWEVER :

To successfully run this install on Windows Vista, IIS 6 Management Compatibility must be checked.
To enable this setting, do the following:
a. Open "Control Panel" and ensure "Control Panel Home" is the current view.
b. Click the "Uninstall a program" link from the Programs menu item.
c. Select "Turn Windows features on or off" from the Tasks menu.
d. Expand the "Internet Information Services" node, followed by the "Web Management Tools" node.
e. Check the "IIS 6 Management Compatibility" node. Ensure the nodes under this are checked as well. Then, click "OK".

Take a coffee while your machine reconfigures
Hope this helps.

Steph

Thanks, that did it