Take the 2-minute tour ×  While working with a web project in
VS2012 on a win8 machine I have gotten an error that is quite
commonly found on google, namely the HTTP Error 500.19 -
Internal Server Error  The solution mentioned everywhere is to
locate the
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\Config\applicationHost.config file
and change the following: section name="handlers"
overrideModeDefault="Allow"  Alas, i still get exactly the same
error.  Things I have tried: Removing and reenabling IIS in the
Windows features menu as this was mentioned as a solution.
Double checked that my app is running as an application, not
virtual folder.  share|improve this question My poor tumbleweed.
:( –  Bjørn Oct 5 '12 at 12:13 add comment  1 Answer  Provided
your not misinterpreting the section that cannot be accesed
(error details should mention what section it is) and your app
is adding handlers, you could be running afoul of UAC
vitualization.  The file gets a virtual version as you try to
access it going forward this will be the