Error: Failed to compile both on .NET 4.5 and on .NET 4.0. 4.5 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Steve Barker

Today I had a weird issue with a Microsoft IIS web-server. The latest .NET Framework was correctly installed and registered on the server, but when I put my .NET code in the web directory and browsed to it from a remote browser I got the standard .NET error page. I would get the error regardless of whether I was trying to access a page served by .NET or a basic HTML page hosted on the server. I confirmed that IIS was working correctly by removing all files (including the web.config file) from the web-directory and putting in a basic test HTML page on its own. The test page rendered correctly from a remote browser.

Having put the .NET code back in, I browsed to a .NET URL locally on the web-server in order to get a full view of the error message. The rather strange error was as follows:

In order to help people find this page in search engines, the full text was as follows:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Failed to compile both on .NET 4.5 and on .NET 4.0. 4.5 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileInternally(String fileName, List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String outputFolder, String compilerVersion, Int32 tryCount)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder). 4.0 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileInternally(String fileName, List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String outputFolder, String compilerVersion, Int32 tryCount)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder) 
  Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

 Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: Failed to compile both on .NET 4.5 and on .NET 4.0. 4.5 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileInternally(String fileName, List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String outputFolder, String compilerVersion, Int32 tryCount)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder). 4.0 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileInternally(String fileName, List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String outputFolder, String compilerVersion, Int32 tryCount)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder)

Source Error: 


 An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.  

Stack Trace: 



[InvalidOperationException: Failed to compile both on .NET 4.5 and on .NET 4.0. 4.5 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileInternally(String fileName, List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String outputFolder, String compilerVersion, Int32 tryCount)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder). 4.0 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileInternally(String fileName, List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String outputFolder, String compilerVersion, Int32 tryCount)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder)]
   HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder) +712

[InvalidOperationException: System.InvalidOperationException: Failed to compile both on .NET 4.5 and on .NET 4.0. 4.5 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileInternally(String fileName, List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String outputFolder, String compilerVersion, Int32 tryCount)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder). 4.0 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileInternally(String fileName, List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String outputFolder, String compilerVersion, Int32 tryCount)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder)
   at HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder)
ImageRuntimeVersion: v4.0.30319]
   HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.Util.GenerateAssembly.CompileAssembly(List`1 sources, HashSet`1 assemblies, HashSet`1 defineSymbols, String assemblyFileName, String outputFolder) +1042
   HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.NHibernate.NHibernateProfiler.RegisterAppenderUsingNHibernateLogger() +314
   HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.NHibernate.NHibernateProfiler.Initialize(NHibernateAppenderConfiguration configuration) +53
   XXXXX.App_Start.NHibernateProfilerBootstrapper.PreStart() in c:\TeamCity\buildAgent\work\XXXXX\App_Start\NHibernateProfilerBootstrapper.cs:18

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
   System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor) +0
   System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(Object obj, Object[] parameters, Object[] arguments) +260
   System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) +146
   System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke(Object obj, Object[] parameters) +34
   WebActivator.BaseActivationMethodAttribute.InvokeMethod() +288
   WebActivator.ActivationManager.RunActivationMethods() +698
   WebActivator.ActivationManager.RunPreStartMethods() +46
   WebActivator.ActivationManager.Run() +68

[InvalidOperationException: The pre-application start initialization method Run on type WebActivator.ActivationManager threw an exception with the following error message: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation..]
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.InvokePreStartInitMethodsCore(ICollection`1 methods, Func`1 setHostingEnvironmentCultures) +874
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.InvokePreStartInitMethods(ICollection`1 methods) +169
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CallPreStartInitMethods(String preStartInitListPath, Boolean& isRefAssemblyLoaded) +166
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.ExecutePreAppStart() +176
   System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters, PolicyLevel policyLevel, Exception appDomainCreationException) +882

[HttpException (0x80004005): The pre-application start initialization method Run on type WebActivator.ActivationManager threw an exception with the following error message: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation..]
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +579
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +112
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +716

  


Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.6.1055.0

I found this article on stack overflow which helped me to solve the problem. The answer was simply to clear down the %TEMP% folder, which for me was C:\windows\temp. Apparently, if there are more than 65,535 files in there .NET is not able to serve web-pages through IIS. There were hundreds of thousands of files in the folder so I couldn’t even browse to it using Windows Explorer. It ended up being a command prompt job:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>cd c:\Windows\Temp

c:\Windows\Temp>del c:\Windows\Temp\*.*
c:\Windows\Temp\*.*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y

That fixed the problem.

Using Microsoft Log Parser to run queries across multiple IIS log files

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Steve Barker

It’s often useful to be able to perform queries across multiple log files. A great example is when dealing with IIS log files. I recently had a situation in which I needed to know the average response times and number of requests received for a couple of IIS web-servers in order to troubleshoot an issue we were experiencing. I needed to know the results over a large time period, so this meant collating data across a large number of IIS log files. Fortunately I had a call open with Microsoft and the support engineer I was dealing with told me about the Microsoft Log Parser, which was perfect for this job.

The tool allows you to group together a set of log files in a single location and run queries across them using a SQL-like language. It can be used with any type of file, but comes into its own when used with IIS log files.

Here are some examples of queries I performed using the tool:

Gets the number of hits per hour, grouped by hour, and writes them to a CSV file:

LogParser.exe "SELECT TO_LOCALTIME(QUANTIZE(TO_TIMESTAMP(date, time),3600)) AS Hours, COUNT(*) AS Hits INTO ReqPerhour.csv FROM u_ex*.log GROUP BY Hours ORDER BY Hours " -i:W3C -o:csv

Gets information about response times for the 20 slowest URLs and writes them to a CSV file:

LogParser.exe "SELECT TOP 20 cs-uri-stem, COUNT(*) AS TotalRequest, MAX(time-taken) AS MaxTime, AVG(time-taken) AS AvgTime INTO avg.csv FROM u_ex*.log GROUP BY cs-uri-stem ORDER BY TotalRequest DESC" -i: IISW3C -o:csv

Gets information about response times for the 25 slowest URLs, filtered between a start and end time, and writes them to a CSV file:

LogParser.exe "SELECT TOP 25 cs-uri-stem, COUNT(*) AS TotalRequest, MAX(time-taken) AS MaxTime, AVG(time-taken) AS AvgTime INTO BeforeavgProb.csv FROM u_ex*.log WHERE TO_TIME(time) BETWEEN TIMESTAMP('00:00:00','hh:mm:ss') AND TIMESTAMP('14:00:00','hh:mm:ss') GROUP BY cs-uri-stem ORDER BY TotalRequest DESC" -i: IISW3C -o:csv

Gets all request URLs that resulted in a 500 error:

LogParser.exe "SELECT cs-uri-stem AS FileName FROM u_ex*.log WHERE sc-Status = 500" -i:W3C -rtp:-1

Gets all request URLs that took more than a second to return:

LogParser.exe "SELECT cs-uri-stem AS FileName, time-taken AS Time from u_ex*.log WHERE time-taken > 1000" -i:W3C -rtp:-1

This beast (which I’ve not tested!) appears to bring back a summary of status codes for requests:

LogParser.exe "SELECT to_lowercase(cs-uri-stem) AS URI, SUM([_200]) AS [200s], SUM([_304]) AS [304s], SUM([_302]) AS [302s], SUM([_404]) AS [404s], SUM([_301]) AS [301s], SUM([_500]) AS [500s],SUM([_501]) AS [501s],SUM([_403]) AS [403s],SUM([_206]) AS [206s],SUM([_406]) AS [406s],SUM([_400]) AS [400s], sub(count(*),add([200s],[206s])) as Failures USING CASE TO_STRING(scstatus) WHEN '200' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_200], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '304' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_304], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '302' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_302], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '404' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_404], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '301' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_301], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '500' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_500], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '501' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_501], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '403' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_403], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '206' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_206], CASE TO_STRING(sc-status) WHEN '406' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_406], CASE TO_STRING(scstatus) WHEN '400' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [_400] FROM ex*.log GROUP BY URI ORDER BY Failures DESC"

The possibilities are endless. Here are some articles I have been recommended which demonstrate alternative queries, starting with two that deal specifically with IIS logs:

IIS Log Parser examples 1
IIS Log Parser examples 2

Here is an example involving more generic text files:

Reading large text files with Log Parser

…and finally, here is some generic information about the Log Parser from Microsoft:

Generic information on Log Parser

Happy parsing!

Granting folder/file access permissions to IIS AppPool users

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Steve Barker

By default, processes than run under IIS won’t have permission to access folders you create on your server hard drive. So, if you want your web-sites to interact with folders and files you’ll need add access permissions using the standard folder properties dialog:

Permissions must be granted to the AppPool that your site uses. To grant permissions to AppPool users, the user name you enter in the Select Users or Groups dialog:

…should match the following pattern:

IIS AppPool\[AppPool Name]

When you click Check Names the text you entered will magically detect the AppPool.

Deleting old IIS logs

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Steve Barker

The other week a business I was working with experienced “a perfect storm”. A production web-server ran out of disk space due to the build-up of IIS logs. Normally the standard monitoring tools used by the organisation would have picked this up, but it turns out they hadn’t been configured properly and so the alerts were being emailed to the wrong team! After various “it shouldn’t have been possible” conference calls, we decided to automate the deletion of log files for IIS (and for another system) after seven days. I figured this functionality would be offered out of the box by IIS. I was wrong!

Instead, I found this awesome post on Stack Overflow that answered the question using the forfiles command.

I create a daily schedule containing the following command to delete IIS logs:

forfiles /p "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles" /s /m "*.*" /c "cmd /c Del @path" /d -7

…and this to delete my other log files:

forfiles /p "C:\application_name\logs\" /m "application_name.log*.log" /c "cmd /c Del @path" /d -7

Note that I dropped the /s in the second command because I know that my application logs are all in a specific folder, and the file name pattern I’m using matches roll-over files created by log4net.

This works like a dream.

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Error: Failed to compile both on .NET 4.5 and on .NET 4.0. 4.5 Exception: System.IO.IOException: The file exists.

Using Microsoft Log Parser to run queries across multiple IIS log files

Granting folder/file access permissions to IIS AppPool users

Deleting old IIS logs