Virtual Directory Access

I'm trying to access a virtual directory as a folder and I'm getting the error "Attempted to access a path not on the disk".  The virtual directory is pointing to a network share.  Looking at previous posts, I changed the app pool to run under a specific domain user that has full access to that share.

I'm putting the path as "~/virtualdirectory/restofpath".

Any thoughts?

You can use the UNC path (//server/share) directly instead of a virtual path. As long as the app pool identity has permissions, you should be able to access.

Hi Cem,

Thanks for the response.  I'm still getting the same error using the UNC.  I checked that the w3wp.exe process is running under the username I had set in task manager and I also went to the network share and checked the security on the folder I'm trying to access and verified the user has full control access.

Is there a way to get a more specific error message of what might be causing the problem?

Sorry, for UNC to work you will need to impersonate the user.

Please see this topic:
UNC Path