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Operation not allowed

When I try and upload ZIP or Stuffed files greater than just a few 100K I get this error message.

Upload complete, writing file(s)...

 
Request object error 'ASP 0104 : 80004005' 

Operation not Allowed 

?, line 0 
 
Help?!
Cody 3/8/2006 11:09 AM
I guess you are using the application on IIS6. I am sending you the latest build v3.00.b23 via email which should fix the problem.

If nothing changes you may need to change some IIS settings, let me know.
Cem Alacayir 3/9/2006 7:25 PM
That didnt fix it. I'm getting the same error when I try and upload a 5.64MB zip file.

Upload complete, writing file(s)...

 
Request object error 'ASP 0104 : 80004005' 

Operation not Allowed 

?, line 0
 
Cody 3/10/2006 10:15 AM
I just tried to upload some smaller PDF files and get the same error. I reconfigured all of the permissions just to double check and they are all set according to the setup instructions. Help?!
Cody 3/13/2006 12:48 PM
This problem arises because the default upload limit of IIS is set low, however you can increase the upload/download limits by changing some settings:

For IIS 6,
There is a file named metabase.xml in C:\windows\sytem32\inetserv which keeps some settings of IIS 6.

Before editing this file, you will need to either 

1. Stop IIS and restart it after you save the file.

Go to Start > Run and type CMD and enter the following: 

To Stop: 
%windir%\system32\iisreset.exe /stop 

To Start: 
%windir%\system32\iisreset.exe /start 

2. Check the box that allows metabase editing on IIS Manager and edit the file on the fly without having to stop or restart any of the IIS services.

You should edit this file carefully beause IIS will not work if something is missing in the file. You should better make a backup copy of this file. Open this file with notepad or some other text editor. Find the setting named "AspMaxRequestEntityAllowed". 
For example the current setting may look like AspMaxRequestEntityAllowed="204800"
This means you are allowed to upload upto 200KB (204800 bytes) of files. So for instance if you would like an upload limit of 20MB then you can set the value to 20971520 (or to 20000000, it doesn't have to be a precise value). You can also change the setting named "AspBufferingLimit" if you experience any problems with downloading of files, the same rules applies to this variable also but for download instead. However if you are using v3.00.b23 you shouldn't experience download problems because it's optimized for IIS6. Save the file after your changes and restart IIS as stated above if you are not editing on the fly.

For IIS 5,
You will need to edit a registry setting instead, please see this article:
Description of the MaxClientRequestBuffer Registry Value

Cem Alacayir 3/16/2006 9:39 PM