So here is the scenario:
I want a quick and dirty folder to dump some files in. I don't want to set domain names and create new application pools or any of that overhead. Therefor I simply went to the Umbraco installating folder (on the server filesystem, not through the webbrowser) and created a sub folder named 'test'. The goals is to just type http://www.umbracositedomain.com/test and get a directory list.
The problem is that directory listing doesn't seem to want to work for some reason. First try was through IIS and simply enabling directory browsing. No luck there but it did create the web.config with
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
which is apperently completely ignored. I've tried multiple things such as adding the folder to 'umbracoReservedUrls' and 'umbracoReservedPaths' and also tried adding the <location> tag (bottom of page) but with no luck.
Obviously I'm missing the key step in the whole process and hopefully someone can help me. To sum up: I want a simple folder with directory browsing enabled as a subfolder of Umbraco but preferrably not part of Umbraco. Files in the folder are accessible but when visiting the folder a 404 - directory not found message is shown.
Umbraco v 4.7.1.1 (Assembly version: 1.0.4393.24044), IIS 7.5
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://our.umbraco.com/forum/33180-custom-subfolder-with-directory-browsing-enabled