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I regularly (every few days or so) publish my ASP.NET web project to the local web server. But the weirdest thing keeps happening... a file called "app_offline.htm" keeps appearing, unbidden, in my web project! I have deleted this file several times, it is not in source control, and AFAIK nobody else is tampering with the project. But practically every time I try to publish the project, my publish fails ( Unable to add 'app_offline.htm' to the Web site. The file 'app_offline.htm' already exists in this Web site.Error: The operation could not be completed. Unspecified error ), I go back to look at the project, and there it is again, large as life, and I suspect if it could it would be blowing raspberries at me. :p Having read up a little about this file, I gather it's meant to be an easy way to take your app offline. But I didn't see anywhere that it's supposed to impose itself on you arbitrarily for no good reason. So, where is this *&^%$#@%!! file coming from, and why does VS think I need it?

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