Title: Windows/IIS Permalinks Bug?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Windows/IIS Permalinks Bug?

 *  [AWS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adminreports/)
 * (@adminreports)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/windowsiis-permalinks-bug/)
 * I am getting ready to move an established WordPress site to a new server. I decided
   to start with a fresh database. I installed WP 2.3.2 on the new server and used
   the WordPress importer to import the old content. I had everything setup and 
   was ready to flip the switch when I noticed I had my permalinks wrong. So I wouldn’t
   get 404’s on the old content I upgraded the permalinks to match the old sites.
   I used /%post%/ on the old site. I had them set to /%category%/%post%/ on original
   setup due to a mistake on my part. Once I changed the permalinks every page redirected
   back to the index.
 * The server run Windows 2003 with IIS. I have HeliconTech isapi rewrite3 installed.
   The site worked perfectly until I upgrdaded the permalink structure.
 * To make sure this wasn’t a fluke I reinstalled WordPress again to a new database,
   imported the old posts, set the permaliinks to /%category%/%post%/. I browsed
   the site and every thing worked correctly. I then updated the permalinks to /%
   post%/, browsed the site and once again everything redirected back to the homepage.
 * I have another WordPress site that I upgraded to 2.3.2. To further test I set
   up another test site and moved the other WordPress site, database and all, and
   set it up. After I was sure everything worked I changed the permalink structure.
   Browsed the site and everything worked as it should. The permalink structure 
   change did not redirect everything back to home page. since this site is also
   moving to the new server I decided to change the permalink structure back to 
   what it was, change IP in DNS and open it up. After I changed the permalink structure
   back to original everything redirected back to index lie it did on the other 
   site.
 * It looks like one permalink change works and subsequent changes don’t.
 * Is this a bug?
 * Sorry about the long post. I wanted to give as much info as possible.

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 *  Thread Starter [AWS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adminreports/)
 * (@adminreports)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/windowsiis-permalinks-bug/#post-679720)
 * Found the problem and it wasn’t anything with WP.

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/windowsiis-permalinks-bug/#post-679720)
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