Technote Details :: ASP pages cannot be refreshed

This technical note provides a quick solution for automatically refreshing modified ASP pages, without having to restart the IIS server every time. ASP VBScript developers who use Internet Information Services 5.0 or 5.1 (with the default configuration) on a machine running Windows XP might have encountered this problem: when an ASP page is changed, it will still display as the old version in the browser.

This is a common issue caused by the ASP cache engine configuration and the way it deals with included files.

Follow these directions to disable ASP caching:

1. In the Windows Start menu, point to Settings and select Control Panel.
   
2. Open Administrative Tools and run Computer Management.
   
3. Expand the Services and Applications menu on the left, then expand the Internet
   Information Services submenu.
   
4. Right-click Web Sites, and select Properties.
   
5. In the displayed configuration window, select the Home Directory tab of your website.
   
6. In the Application Settings sections, click Configuration, then select Cache Options.
   
7. Check the option "Do not cache ASP files"
   
8. Restart IIS.

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