I hope someone can help - I am getting desperate! I have promised to do some work for someone developing an ASP.NET application. I have VS Studio 2002 installed on my pc which is running XP-Pro (and therefore IIs 5.1) and have installed .Net framework v1.1.4322. I canot create a new web project - I get the error "unable to validate the file path....does not match url path..." Having scoured the web for answers (I have spent HOURS on this!) I believe it is something to do with VS trying to create a tmp file in the \inetput\wwwroot folder to validate IIS is running and failing. I have checked IIS is running ok (I can open and run ASP pages ok). I have : * checked my user is in the VS Developers Group * run aspnet_regiis -i in the \windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322 folder * loaded the latest vs updates * iis has a default web site running on port 80 * I have tried disabling mcAfee person firewall - no difference * I don't have Zone Alarm * tried both with file share and fronpage sevrer extensions options * checked the 'write' option in the default web site * made sure user and the ASPNET user has permissions to wwwroot (do I need a wwwroot$ share?) * tried substituting '127.0.0.1' for 'localhost' in the new project name PLEASE HELP!!!