I had given up trying to get help on Pure ASP Upload v2.09 but now I'm trying again with the new version. I'm using it on an NT4 server but I get the following error:

Server.MapPath() error 'ASP 0175 : 80004005'

Disallowed Path Characters

/ScriptLibrary/incPureUpload.asp, line 204

The '..' characters are not allowed in the Path parameter for the MapPath method.

Can anyone tell me what to do about this?

Why be difficult when you can be impossible?

What do you have specified for the upload folder?

Martha Graham
DMXzone manager

I clicked the "browse" button and selected the /Images folder, which gave me:

"../../../../Inetpub/wwwroot/Images" for that option.

Why be difficult when you can be impossible?

Based on your question I tried specifying just "/Images" but that threw the following error:

Server.MapPath() error 'ASP 0174 : 80004005'

Invalid Path Character(s)

/ScriptLibrary/incPureUpload.asp, line 204

An invalid '/' or '\' was found in the Path parameter for the MapPath method.

By the way I'm on an NT4 server. Thanks

Why be difficult when you can be impossible?

There are some security settings in IIS that disables the use of parent folders, so '..' does not work. Check the security settings in IIS for this.

You can try \Images as path

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Patrick Woldberg
Web Developer at Dynamic Zones
Manager at DMXzone.com
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"\Images" didn't work either. The only way this extension works is on my IIS 5.0 development server with "../../../../Inetpub/wwwroot/Images" option. I can't use the .. characters on the live server because it's not allowed by my network folks for some obscure reason! This is driving me nuts!

Why be difficult when you can be impossible?

There aren't any other ways that I know of, you should ask your provider to allow the use .. characters.

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Patrick Woldberg
Web Developer at Dynamic Zones
Manager at DMXzone.com
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Okay well being optimistic and thinking that they'll let me do this, can anyone tell me how this change is made? The situation is this -- I'm not using a provider. My network security section set up my web server according to their standards. They may or may not even know how to make the change. But I'd be much better armed if I could tell them how it needs to be done rather than just asking them to make a change.

Why be difficult when you can be impossible?

We just bought a new server with Microsoft Server 2003 web edition and I'm getting also this error.

On Windows 2000 Advanced Server everything works fine. Is there an IIS specialist!!! Please help us!

In IIS6.0 this feature is disabled. If you a use previous version of IIS6.0 post a reply and I will look it up for you!

1. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Double-click your computer name in the left pane, and then double-click Web Sites.
3. Locate the Web site and directory that houses the ASP application.
Right-click the application site or directory, and then click Properties.
4. Select Home Directory, and then click Configuration.
5. Click Options, and then click to select the Enable Parent Paths check box.
7. Click OK two times.