Web Service in a sub directory

[space_monkey]

Ok I've created a web service and I've published the web service so that i have a precompiled app file. And on the server, I've created an IIS virtual directory called \ws\.

When i have the service in the root directory, i can access the .asmx file and run the service just fine, but when i drop it down to the sub directory (\ws\AssociatesWebService) i get an error.

Server Error in '/WS' Application.
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Parser Error 
Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately. 

Parser Error Message: Could not create type 'AssociateInformation'.

Source Error: 


Line 1:  <%@ WebService Language="vb" CodeBehind="/bin/App_Code/AssociateInformation.vb" Class="AssociateInformation" %>

 

Source File: /ws/AssociatesWebService/AssociateInfo.asmx    Line: 1

I'm assuming that i could turn this sub directory into another virtual directory but i'd rather not have to do that every time i have a new web service to deploy. Is there anyway around having to do that?

Thanks S_M