ApplicationPoolIdentity - File Permissions

Morning all,

I was following this article - http://www.iis.net/learn/manage/configuring-security/application-pool-identities attempting to grant permissions to my app pool identity in the file system (this bit).

You can try this by selecting a file in Windows Explorer and adding the "DefaultAppPool" identity to the file's Access Control List (ACL).

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Select a file or directory.
3. Right click the file and select "Properties"
4. Select the "Security" tab
5. Click the "Edit" and then "Add" button
6. Click the "Locations" button and make sure you select your machine.
7. Enter "IIS AppPool\DefaultAppPool" in the "Enter the object names to select:" text box.
8. Click the "Check Names" button and click "OK"

Unfortunately my server doesn't seem to recognise the user using the above instructions. Are there any additional steps needed? or anything which should stop this working?

Any thoughts greatly appreciated,

Kind Regards,

Doug