WSDL is missing while deploying

i am usin开发者_高级运维g vs 2010.

a wsdl is available when starting a webservice in debug mode or release mode at localhost.

a wsdl is missing after publishing the service (via vs, file system and then copy it into a subfolder in wwwroot)

any suggestions so far?

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You don't actually need the .wsdl file - any client can query SWDL via http://PathToYourServiceAsmx?WSDL