This article describes a update that enables certain Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 or IIS 7.5 handlers to handle requests whose URLs do not end with a period. Specifically, these handlers are mapped to "*." request paths. Currently, a handler that is mapped to a "*." request path handles only requests whose URLs end with a period. For example, the handler handles only requests whose URLs resemble the following URL:
You can turn off the extensionless URL functionality for affected ASP.NET applications by adding the following to the application's web.config file:
http://www.example.com/ExampleSite/ExampleFile.
After you apply this update, handlers that are mapped to a "*." request path can handle requests whose URLs end with a period and requests whose URLs do not end with a period. For example, the handler can now handle requests that resemble the following URLs:http://www.example.com/ExampleSite/ExampleFile
http://www.example.com/ExampleSite/ExampleFile.
After this patch is applied, ASP.NET 4 applications can handle requests for extensionless URLs. Therefore, managed HttpModules that run prior to handler execution will run. In some cases, the HttpModules can return errors for extensionless URLs. For example, an HttpModule that was written to expect only .aspx requests may now return errors when it tries to access the HttpContext.Session property.You can turn off the extensionless URL functionality for affected ASP.NET applications by adding the following to the application's web.config file:
<system.webServer> <handlers> <remove name="ExtensionlessUrl-Integrated-4.0"/> <remove name=" ExtensionlessUrl-ISAPI-4.0_32bit "/> </handlers>
</system.webServer>
