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Article ID: 312546 - Last Review: January 26, 2006 - Revision: 5.3
BUG: You cannot start a managed standard PE file through HTTPS from a secure Web server
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SYMPTOMS
You are sometimes unable to start a managed standard
portable executable (PE) file through Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTPS) from a secure Web server.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft
products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Create a simple "Hello World" Visual Basic .NET Windows
application and name the application
Helloworld.exe.
- Use XCOPY deployment to install the project files to a Web
server.
- Create a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) page that
contains a link to the managed executable file, for example:
<A HREF = "https://yourserver/helloworld.exe">Test managed executable</A>
- Make sure that the Web server is enabled for Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) connection.
- Start Internet Explorer and go to the HTML page. Click the
hyperlink to start Helloworld.exe.Expected behavior
Helloworld.exe starts correctly.
Actual behavior
One of the following may occur instead of the expected behavior:
Internet Explorer shuts down and the managed Helloworld.exe file runs.
-or-
The managed .exe file stops responding and reports the exception "System.IO.FileNotFoundException" in IEExec.exe.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5 SP2
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition
- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0
- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
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