Http 500.50 URL Rewrite Error

Symptoms:

HTTP Error 500.50 - URL Rewrite Module Error.


Error Information
Module- RewriteModule


Images are broken and not displayed in wordpress, Images are displayed when you edit them,Wordpress Images Broken, Wordpress Images Upload Issue


This post if for the people who are searching all the pages over internet for "HTTP Error 500.50 - URL Rewrite Module Error".

You might be searching for the pages which will give you solution to install/uninstall the url rewrite module.When you are running Wordpress on Windows server 2008 these types of error pops up.


 So I scratched my head and started searching and found out one website which is useful in this type of error. Then I filtered everything and prepared a process for this.This will reduce your turn around time.


Step-1: Open PHP.ini and search for "upload_tmp_dir" and change the value to windows temp directory "C:\Windows\Temp"
Step-2: Right click On the Windows/Temp folder and assign the IUSER and machine name/IISuser right to write and read/execute(this might be vulnerable, consult you administrator and do at your own risk)
Step-3: Goto Wordpress wp-contents directory and give the same right to the above mentioned user
Step-4: You are ready to go enjoy, All images will work , you will not an error(HTTP Error 500.50 - URL Rewrite Module Error)