: How do I host an asp.net dll application in a WP website? We're migrating from an ASP.NET website to a WordPress website, hosted on IIS (don't ask). There's a few things we need to migrate

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We're migrating from an ASP.NET website to a WordPress website, hosted on IIS (don't ask). There's a few things we need to migrate over, and for the most part I can get away with a simple HTTP redirect.

One of the Web Services I need to migrate is 'SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools' (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb986820.aspx) - essentially this is a DLL called sqlcesa35.dll. I've set this web service up several times so know what I'm doing, plus it's currently working on the same IIS server, within a different website (the original ASP.NET website).

However, I can't get it to work as an application within the WordPress site. I have no experience with WordPress, so don't really know where to go next. The error I get when I attempt to access the DLL are:
HTTP Error 500.50 - URL Rewrite Module Error.
Most likely causes:

•IIS received the request; however, an internal error occurred during the processing of the request. The root cause of this error depends on which module handles the request and what was happening in the worker process when this error occurred.

•IIS was not able to access the web.config file for the Web site or application. This can occur if the NTFS permissions are set incorrectly.

•IIS was not able to process configuration for the Web site or application.

•The authenticated user does not have permission to use this DLL.

•The request is mapped to a managed handler but the .NET Extensibility Feature is not installed.

Quite a few things to target, but I'm confident it isn't permissions.

Is it possible to achieve what I'm attempting, as I'm starting to wonder if there's something fundamental I've overlooked? Thanks

Edit: The wordpress site has .dll disabled, in handler mapping, however the sub-application has .dll enabled. Will this be an issue?