How to setup IIS 7 using physical path directing to DropBox?

I'm using multiple computers for development and I want to be able to store my files in my dropbox folder. I went to change the physical path in IIS from c:\inetpup\wwwroot to the dropbox folder but I get this error:

The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.

I开发者_如何学Python couldn't find the config file so I was wondering if anyone had done this before or whether there a better way to sync everything nicely across several PCs?

I tried it (IIS 7.5, Win 7) and it should work just fine to let your physical path of your web look at your dropfox folder. I would guess your web.config file generally contains malformed XML (see KB942055).

I'd suggest, try to map it to an empty folder just with an index.html file and see if this error still occurs.

As a workaround, I guess you can put Dropbox in your wwwroot folder and set up a virtual directory that points to Dropbox. However, there are some security issues that may hinder you from doing so. I come across a nice tutorial on how to set up Dropbox to IIS as FTP Publishing. Hope it helps.

Hodgin's guide on using Dropbox as FTP publishing.