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I am getting a 404.7 error while browsing .svc file in IIS 8.5 (Error message: Not Found The request filtering module is configured to deny the file extension)

I am able to resolve it by adding this code in web.config file:

<system.webServer>
    <security>
      <requestFiltering>
        <fileExtensions allowUnlisted="true">
          <remove fileExtension="." />
             <add fileExtension="." allowed="true" />
        </fileExtensions>
      </requestFiltering>
    </security>
  </system.webServer>

But I am unable to figure out why this error is being thrown in the first place.

I have verified:

1) Request filtering is turned on 2) .svc file is NOT in the list of denied extensions 3) "Allow unlisted file name extensions" is checked in IIS.

With these settings, shouldn't I be able to browse the .svc file without having to add the above code in web.config file? What else am I missing?

user1860689
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To resolve the issue you could try below workaround:

1)Go to IIS -> Click Website/Application -> select "Request Filtering" -> click "Allow file name Extension" -> add ".svc" -> OK

2)add the belw code in your web.confgig file:

<handlers>
   <add name=".svc" verb="*" path="*.svc" type="System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceHttpHandlerFactory, System.ServiceModel.Activation, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
</handlers>

https://stackoverflow.com/a/12519582

Jalpa Panchal
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Just for a complement, In order to support WCF extension in IIS, we should enable the below Windows feature.

  1. Go to control panel
  2. Turn Windows features on or off.
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    Feel free to let me know if there is anything I can help with.
Abraham Qian
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