Greetings,

Following server/client specs:
- Visual Studio .Net 2003, developing in ASP/VB.Net on 1.1 framework.
- Webserver runs Windows Server 2003, SP 1

So and employee has left and I've assumed some of his duties, which include maintaining a webtool coded in ASP/VB.Net.

All of the files for the project are on the webserver (including the .aspx, .aspx.vb, .sln, bin folder, et cetera), I've mapped the Inetpub\wwwroot to a network drive W:\.

My Objective: To be able to open the project stored on the webserver remotely (I.E. from my development desktop), make changes, and recompile the project.

What is Keeping Me From My Objective:

The person who originally created the project left a note stating he would just open the project from the webserver (via networked drive or something similar I'm assuming) in Visual Studio, make changes, and rebuild the project.

I've been attempting to open the .sln file located on the webserver via W:\ and Visual Studio will load and then give me the following error message:

"Web Access Failed"
"the default Web access mode for this project is set to file share, but the project folder at 'http://localhost/MyProject' cannot be opened with the path 'W:\Path\To\MyProject'. The error returned was:

Unable to open Web project 'MyProject'. The file path 'W:\Path\To\Project' does not correspond to the URL 'http://localhost/MyProject'. The two need to map to the same server location. HTTP Error 404: Object Not Found

Then it prompts me if I would like to retry using a different share path, which well, I don't have a different one because the share path should be the one I've tried to open by double-clicking the .sln file on the webserver.

Is this some sort of permissions issue? I know I have read/write to the remote webserver, I've modified/added files before.

I am aware of the following issues, which is exactly the problem I am having, but the kbase article states "This should not apply to VS.Net 2003":
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327283

Any help is much appreciated.

- Jeff