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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+  <system.web>
+    <httpHandlers>
+      <!-- iis6 - for any request in this location, return via managed static file handler -->
+      <add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler" />
+    </httpHandlers>
+  </system.web>
+  <system.webServer>
+    <handlers accessPolicy="Script,Read">
+      <!--
+      iis7 - for any request to a file exists on disk, return it via native http module.
+      accessPolicy 'Script' is to allow for a managed 404 page.
+      -->
+      <add name="StaticFile" path="*" verb="*" modules="StaticFileModule" preCondition="integratedMode" resourceType="File" requireAccess="Read" />
+    </handlers>
+  </system.webServer>
+</configuration>