IIS Compilation Error -2146232576 AspNetInitializationExceptionModule

c# asp.net-web-api2 iis-8
feganmeister picture feganmeister · May 10, 2017 · Viewed 20.7k times · Source

I have a fairly simple C# WebAPI2 project that runs locally but after publishing to IIS on a remote machine (Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard) the web page displays the following (after setting customErrors to "Off"):

Server Error in '/' Application. Compilation Error Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately. Compiler Error Message: The compiler failed with error code -2146232576.

If I grab the detailed compiler output and run it on the IIS server, I get a smartscreen error message saying:

This app can't run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher.

I'm guessing it's something to do with the compiler version but nothing has changed since it last published.

Any ideas?

Answer

Amir Astaneh picture Amir Astaneh · May 28, 2017

Error:

Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: The compiler failed with error code -2146232576.

Solution:

I faced with this problem after upgrade some NuGets and solved with below steps.

Step 1: Remove these NuGet packages from NuGet Package Console

PM> Uninstall-package Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform
PM> Uninstall-package Microsoft.Net.Compilers

Step 2: Add these system.codedom lines before closing </system.data> tag in Web.config

    <system.codedom>
        <compilers>
            <compiler language="c#;cs;csharp" extension=".cs" type="Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.CSharpCodeProvider, Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" warningLevel="4" compilerOptions="/langversion:6 /nowarn:1659;1699;1701"></compiler>
            <compiler language="vb;vbs;visualbasic;vbscript" extension=".vb" type="Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.VBCodeProvider, Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" warningLevel="4" compilerOptions="/langversion:14 /nowarn:41008 /define:_MYTYPE=\&quot;Web\&quot; /optionInfer+"></compiler>
        </compilers>
    </system.codedom>

PS: After a while, we removed <system.codedom> completely, for fixed other errors.

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