Hi and thank you in advance for your assistance.

I am trying to install Drupal 7 locally on my Windows 7 machine using IIS7.5.

I have installed PHP, configured FastCGI in IIS and installed MySql. I have copied my settings file and adjusted the permissions.

I am now trying to open install.php (http://localhost/drupal/install.php) and I am receiving Error 404 - Not Found.

I thought maybe I needed to move my drupal directory to the inetpub folder so I moved it to C:\inetpub\wwwroot and then received a Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error.

Thanks again,
Scott

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wusel’s picture

Don't use IIS but use XAMPP as a development system on your Windows client and you will have no problems.

Follow Quick install Drupal with XAMPP on Windows (https://www.drupal.org/node/2347717).

Good luck!

Wusel

scottiedg’s picture

I know I can use XAMPP but I was hoping to use IIS. From what I can tell there is no reason why it shouldn't work.

So unless there is a really good reason why I shouldn't use IIS (like there are many known issues with Drupal) I would still welcome some advice.

Thanks,
Scott

wusel’s picture

like https://www.drupal.org/search/site/IIS?f[0]=ss_meta_type%3Adocumentation
or https://www.google.de/search?q=IIS+drupal&btnG=Suche&gbv=1

Apache is standard for drupal but IIS and MS is no standard. That's, why my hint works.

Good luck!

Wusel

Jaypan’s picture

So unless there is a really good reason why I shouldn't use IIS (like there are many known issues with Drupal)

There are many known issues with Drupal.