I ran into the same error. I found this German page that describes the issue ( Google Translate does a good job translating it):.
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An error occurred loading a configuration file: Failed to start monitoring changes to \\\actualPhysicalServerName\PDFsDirectory\web.config ...
Failed to start monitoring directory changes.
config files. Set the default to false or set it on a per virtual directory basis. Both
are in the ApplicationHost.config file.
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I found that using System.IO.FileSystemWatcher in a Powershell script to write file folder changes events to a log file, and then having Task ...
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Whatever I try (mapped drive, network uri path) I get different IIS errors: can't access folder (for mapped drive), can't monitor file system changes (\vboxsvr share ...
For instance, if you have an upload folder within the root directory and users are ... Thankfully, this particular File Changes Monitor can be effectively disabled ...