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Server.MapPath() error ‘ASP 0173 : 80004005′

I had a problem today with Server.MapPath() while trying to check for images using a relative path. I got the following error:

Server.MapPath() error ‘ASP 0173 : 80004005′

My code being;

Dim fs
Set fs = Server.CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”)
If fs.FileExists(Server.MapPath(“http://localhost/images/myimage.jpg”)) Then
‘do something
Else
‘do something else
End If

Basically I needed to pass virtual path in my app. So I had to… Continue reading