How can I get my web.config file to show errors remotely?

Question

I am trying to view errors for my site, when I go to the site, I get this message:

Server Error in '/' Application. Runtime Error Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine. Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off". <!-- Web.Config Configuration File --> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="Off"/> </system.web> </configuration> Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL. <!-- Web.Config Configuration File --> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/> </system.web> </configuration> 

So what I did, create a web.config file with this in it:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="Off"/> </system.web> </configuration> 

But, unfortunately, for me it really led to a break. What am I doing wrong guys?

Answer 1

Try the following: CustomErrors = "Off"

By the way, asp net project templates include the web.config file (it should be located in the root folder of your project), so you do not need to create it manually. Maybe you created another one?