How to increase the max upload file size in ASP.NET?

If its windows 2003 / IIS 6.0 then check out AspMaxRequestEntityAllowed = "204800" in the file metabase.xml located in folder C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\

The default value of "204800" (~205Kb) is in my opinion too low for most users. Just change the value to what you think should be max.

If you cant save the file after editing it you have to either stop the ISS-server or enable the server to allow editing of the file:

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Edit: I did not read the question correct (how to set the maxrequest in webconfig). But this informatin may be of interrest for other people, many people who move their sites from win2000-server to win2003 and had a working upload-function and suddenly got the Request.BinaryRead Failed error will have use of it. So I leave the answer here.

I've the same problem in a win 2008 IIS server, I've solved the problem adding this configuration in the web.config:

<system.web>
    <httpRuntime executionTimeout="3600" maxRequestLength="102400" 
     appRequestQueueLimit="100" requestValidationMode="2.0"
     requestLengthDiskThreshold="10024000"/>
</system.web>

The requestLengthDiskThreshold by default is 80000 bytes so it's too small for my application. requestLengthDiskThreshold is measured in bytes and maxRequestLength is expressed in Kbytes.

The problem is present if the application is using a System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlInputFile server component. Increasing the requestLengthDiskThreshold is necessary to solve it.