wcf - IIS 7 not recognizing svc file

Question

I'm trying to publish a webservice using WCF on IIS7.

I've created a Site for this project, and I created an Application too as MSDN suggested. I can open html files in my browser from the created folder, but I get 404.3 error (The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration) if I try to access the svc file of my service. I've read that I should run servicemodelreg to install the missing handlers for the svc files. After I did I got an error saying that the handler has a bad module.

I checked the following stuff every time:

• IIS is turned on
• ASP.NET is turned on
• There is a handler for the svc files

I ran out of ideas...

Answer 1

On windows 8, run DISM.exe in order to enable WCF:

DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:WCF-HTTP-Activation
DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:WCF-HTTP-Activation45

Or if you are setting up everything using Server manager Dashboard's Add Roles and Features Wizard do not forget to check "HTTP Activation" under WCF Services