Classic ASP debug error messages in IIS 7

unfortunately some of us still have to maintain ASP websites and even write code on a daily bases using it.

thought Microsoft were nice enough to include an ASP addon for IIS 7 which works a treat on server 2008 but there are a few things that need to be addressed first.

mainly turn on debug info!!

on server all you need to do is bash this into the command prompt

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:asp -scriptErrorSentToBrowser:true

yes that was easy.

on windows 7 or vista you will need this as well

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/httpErrors -errorMode:Detailed

Took me best part of a day to work that second line out since I didn’t need it on server 2008.

Not to mention you will need to mess around with the firewall and other things but this should help someone! most likely me next time I need to set this up.