Upload Large Files on IIS7 (Windows Vista/Windows 2008)

Question:

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I'm trying to upload large file on IIS7 (Windows Vista/Windows 2008) but I'm getting HTTP Error 404.13

Answer:

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You need to change a special option in IIS called maxAllowedContentLength to allow uploading larger files

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:

    1. Click Start. In the Start Search box, type Notepad. Right-click Notepad, and then click Run as administrator.

    Note If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
    2. On the File menu, click Open. In the File name box, type %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationhost.config, and then click Open.
    3. In the ApplicationHost.config file, locate the <requestLimits> node.
    4. Remove the maxAllowedContentLength property. Or, add a value that matches the size of the Content-Length header that the client sends as part of the request. By default, the value of the maxAllowedContentLength property is 30000000.

    For example, modify the following configuration data inside the <requestFiltering> section.
    <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength ="<length>" />

    5. Save the ApplicationHost.config file.  

For more information see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942074/

More info about content filtering in IIS:

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/143/how-to-use-request-filtering/

http://www.iis.net/ConfigReference/system.webServer/security/requestFiltering/requestLimits

See also for more info

For Windows 2003 see this FAQ