title: Web Site Administration Tool
body: <p>I am trying to follow a tutorial on creating a log in system and adding users in asp.net and i cant seem to work out how to use the apparently outdfated or expired Web Site Administration Tool. is there a new equivalent tool i can use or is there some way to get it to work as i cant seem to get it working using the command prompt.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried entering this into the command prompt which works fine in order to rune iisexpress:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"C:\Program Files\IIS Express\iisexpress.exe" /path:c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ASP.NETWebAdminFiles /vpath:"/asp.netwebadminfiles" /port:8089 /clr:4.0 /ntlm
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I then enter the following into my browser:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://localhost:8089/asp.netwebadminfiles/default.aspx?applicationPhysicalPath=[Exact_Project_Path]\&amp;applicationUrl=/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Where the project path is set to my project path but get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>System.ArgumentException: The parameter 'PhysicalDirectory' is invalid. Parameter name: PhysicalDirectory at System.Web.Configuration.VirtualDirectoryMapping.set_PhysicalDirectory(String value) at System.Web.Configuration.VirtualDirectoryMapping..ctor(String physicalDirectory, Boolean isAppRoot) at System.Web.Administration.WebAdminPage.OpenWebConfiguration(String path, String appPhysPath, Boolean getWebConfigForSubDir) at System.Web.Administration.WebAdminPage.VerifyAppValid()</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This to me seems to be that the path i enter is invalid but i have tried every different entry surrouding my solution.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a new or better answer to creating a log in system with asp without all this fuss?</p>
  
  <p>Very new to all this so please take it easy.</p>