After upgrading IIS version to IIS 7 from IIS 6 on Windows 2008 R2 machine, a HTTP 404.17 error is observed when accessing the Corticon Admin URL. 
Corticon Admin URL was accessible when running on IIS 6.


The same error is also observed in a Windows 7 machine after configuring Corticon to use IIS 7 and accessing the Corticon Admin URL(http://localhost/axis/services/CorticonAdmin.asmx ).

To Configure Corticon Wildcard for .asmx file extenstions / to add Corticon wildcard script map handler mapping.

a] Click on the top level node in the tree on the left side. Under the IIS section, double click on the icon “Handler Mappings”.


b] Once the Handler Mappings page comes up, click on “Add Wildcard Script Map…” on the right hand side.



c] The “Request path” should be read-only and defaulted to *.
For the “Executable” value, navigate to the .NET Framework 4.0 directory using the “…” button. Then select the “aspnet_isapi.dll”. For e.g.
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll ( 32 bit )
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll ( 64 bit )
For the “Name” value, enter the following value: CorticonWildcard
Then hit the Ok button.


d] A confirmation popup come up.


Click Yes.
At this time, the IIS Server should be configured to run ASP.NET and the Corticon .asmx files.

Corticon Admin URL can now be accessed successfully without errors after the above changes.

IIS 7 configuration settings for Corticon .NET Server are different from IIS 6 configuration settings for Corticon .NET Serber
To ensure Corticon 5.4.1 is configured correctly with IIS 7, see article  Steps to set up IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 for Corticon .NET Server 5.x