http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/archive/2007/07/10/where-to-configure-scripts-only-or-scripts-and-executable-in-iis-7.aspxIn previous versions of IIS, you can always specify IIS application execute permissions to None (read), Scripts only (scripting engine, and Scripts and Executable (executable dll, exe, etc files). This can be set at each of the site, directory, virtualenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)