title: IIS 7.5 - Files with no extensions causing Error 404.17
body: <p>I am currently developping an ASP.NET MVC4 Website and I am trying to include javascript timezone support for <code>JQuery Flot</code> with <code>date.js</code>.</p>
  
  <p>The timezones informations of date.js are stored into text files with no extensions (ex: tz/northamerica).</p>
  
  <p>When using the Visual Studio Development Server, I can GET any of my timezone files with no problems, but once it's hosted using IIS, I get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>HTTP Error 404.17 - Not Found</p>
    
    <p>The requested content appears to be script and will not be served by
    the static file handler.</p>
    
    <p>Most likely cause:</p>
    
    <p>The request matched a wildcard mime map. The request is mapped to the
    static file handler. If there were different pre-conditions, the
    request will map to a different handler.</p>
    
    <p>Things you can try:</p>
    
    <p>If you want to serve this content as a static file, add an explicit
    MIME map.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The rest of my website works perfectly, only those extension less files are causing hiccups.</p>
  
  <p>I am very unfamiliar with IIS configuration, what exactly is the issue here?</p>