HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error – 0x80070005

You could see the web page error HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error in different scenarios when accessing a web page which hosted in IIS Server. This is generic http error,  you can find the exact reason from error code under Detailed Error Information section of the error page. This article gives fix/solution for error code 0x80070005 in HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error.


The error code 0x80070005 indicates insufficient permissions to read web configuration file. You will get the below detailed information.

Error Code: 0x80070005
Config Error:  Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions 
Config File:   ?C:UsersAdministrator.DC1DocumentsMorganAppweb.config

Steps to Fix HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error – 0x80070005

From the Detailed Error Information section, it clearly indicates the error 0x80070005 occurs due insufficient permissions to read web configuration file. So to fix this issue, we need to give required permissions to web configuration file for the Identity (user account or service) of the Application Pool that is used in Web Application.

Follow the below steps to give proper permissions for Application Pool Identity.

1. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) by running the command inetmgr 

2. Expand the root node, expand Sites, and right-click on your Application, click Manage Web Site ->Advanced Settings

3. Note down the Application Pool name under General settings and close the window

4. Now go to Application Pools section, here you can see what Identity is used in the corresponding Application Pool (MorganAppPool).

5. Here, the user account testuser1 is configured in MorganAppPool. So we need give required permissions for this user in the website directory “C:UsersAdministratorDocumentsMorganApp“.

6. Go the web directory folder MorganApp, right-click on the folder and click Properties.

7. Set required permissions for the Identity that used in ApplicationPool (In my case testuser1).

8. Restart Application Pool and Web Application, and browse the web page again . Hope, the error ‘HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error – 0x80070005′ will get fixed and everything will work fine now.