Unable to create virtual directory

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I am working on a website which authenticates with Facebook, so that the user can sign in through his/her Facebook profile. I've seen similar questions like this one, but none that covers exactly my issue.

To test this Facebook authentication locally, I figured that some hacks were needed. You see, Facebook only allows redirects to certain domains after the authentication process. For these domains, localhost is not an option.

So I decided to do some research. I ended up changing my hosts file to point the domain local.fablelane.com to 127.0.0.1. However, now it complains when I try to change the virtual directory in Visual Studio 2012.

First, I see this dialog after changing it.

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I then click Yes and end up with this dialog here.

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What do you suggest I try? How can I change my virtual directory? It is important that I find a way to do this either programmatically, through changing a file somewhere, or through the commandline. The reason for this is that I intend to make an automatic setup program that does this for me in the future.

Testing login on localhost works perfectly fine, if you make the right settings in your app dashboard. — CBroe, Oct 16 '12 at 14:11
Not for me. I set my URL like this: http://i.imgur.com/Bjm1Z.png, and I get an error like this: http://i.imgur.com/kRyPp.png — Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen, Oct 16 '12 at 14:19

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '14 at 20:09

You will need to uncheck Use IIS Express and also add your new name local.fablelane.com as a binding to IIS, so that when VS tries to open the site URL, the host-header matches the site.

Also, is there any reason you need a specific port, rather than the default? It should be fine with 80.

You haven't said which version of IIS you're using, but on 8, open IIS Admin, expand your machine-name, expand Sites, right-click on local.fablelane.com (or however you've named it), and select Edit bindings and add local.fablelane.com.

I'd changed my Default App bindings and had `localhost` removed but forgot. I had to re-add it to get the Virtual Directory creation to work. Why can't the IIS developers just write decent error messages? — makhdumi, Jan 22 '18 at 23:26

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '13 at 00:12

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Try uncheck the option "Use IIS Express".

answered Mar 20 '13 at 00:12

emgozzi

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 03 '17 at 07:16

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Check if your website port number in IIS has been changed.If its changed edit bindings and change port number to 80

answered Mar 03 '17 at 07:16

P.Ash

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score -4 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 28 '16 at 18:30

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In addition to the above, click on the override application root URL and paste the host name address which you have given in the Project Url.

It worked for me.

answered Jun 28 '16 at 18:30

venu

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Unable to create virtual directory

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