HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden The Web Server is Configured to Not List the Contents of this Directory

In this blog you will learn how to Solve HTTP Error 403.14.

HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden

The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.

 

Above is screenshot of ERROR.

HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden

The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.

Most likely causes:

• A default document is not configured for the requested URL, and directory browsing is not enabled on the server.

Things you can try:

• If you do not want to enable directory browsing, ensure that a default document is configured and that the file exists.
• Enable directory browsing.
  
  
1. Go to the IIS Express install directory.
2. Run appcmd set config /section:system.webServer/directoryBrowse /enabled:true to enable directory browsing at the server level.
3. Run appcmd set config ["SITE_NAME"] /section:system.webServer/directoryBrowse /enabled:true to enable directory browsing at the site level.
   
   
• Verify that the configuration/system.webServer/directoryBrowse@enabled attribute is set to true in the site or application configuration file.

Solution:

To resolve this error do following steps: 

1. Click on START button and type CMD in search programs and files textbox.
   
   
2. Right click on CMD and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR. 
   
   
   
   
3. Change directory to CD\programfiles\iisExpress>.
   
   
4. Execute following command on command prompt. 
5. appcmd set config /section:directoryBrowse /enabled:true
6. Now, run your Web Application with WCF or Web service kind of attached activity.
7. Browse will run all perfectly. 

Happy Coding.