If a warning appears in the IIS Manager under the site's advanced settings after executing "Test Settings," indicating that the access permissions to the site directory cannot be verified, you can avoid this warning by adjusting the ApplicationPoolIdentity.

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Open IIS Manager
Go to Application Pools → Select the Web Access application pool
Right-click → Advanced Settings
Change Identity from ApplicationPoolIdentity to Custom Account
Enter the username and password of a user who has read permissions on the installation directory

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IIS cannot verify access permissions to the site directory

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