I’ve been battling this literally for months. I couldn’t seem to get .svc files hosted on my Vista machine. It wasn’t until tonight that I really needed to get it working. It took me the better part of an hour to find Guy Burstein’s WCF on IIS7 on Vista - Adding .svc Handler post (no idea why this wasn’t ranking higher on Google).
If you’re seeing this:
Server Error in Application “Default Web Site/...”
HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found
Then do the following:
- Start the command window (cmd) as an Administrator.
- Navigate to: C:\windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation
- Run the following command: ServiceModelReg –i