Title: iis security settings
Last modified: September 3, 2017

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# iis security settings

 *  Resolved [sanfam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanfam/)
 * (@sanfam)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/iis-security-settings/)
 * I need to know how to change the security settings on a windows server for the
   scans to work correctly. I am getting the following error.
    Warning: scandir(
   C:\Users\doclou\Documents\My Web Sites\fbn/,C:\Users\doclou\Documents\My Web 
   Sites\fbn/): Access is denied. (code: 5) in C:\Users\doclou\Documents\My Web 
   Sites\fbn\wp-content\plugins\wordfence\lib\wfScanEngine.php on line 756 Warning:
   scandir(C:\Users\doclou\Documents\My Web Sites\fbn/): failed to open dir: Bad
   file descriptor in C:\Users\doclou\Documents\My Web Sites\fbn\wp-content\plugins\
   wordfence\lib\wfScanEngine.php on line 756 Warning: scandir(): (errno 9): Bad
   file descriptor in C:\Users\doclou\Documents\My Web Sites\fbn\wp-content\plugins\
   wordfence\lib\wfScanEngine.php on line 756
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fiis-security-settings%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [wfyann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfyann/)
 * (@wfyann)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/iis-security-settings/#post-9474177)
 * Hi [@sanfam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanfam/),
 * Sorry about the delayed answer.
 * I suggest you apply the solution outlined in [this topic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-code-5-and-bad-file-descriptor-on-fresh-install/).

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 * Last reply from: [wfyann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfyann/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/iis-security-settings/#post-9474177)
 * Status: resolved