Cannot access Active Roles Web Interface with error: "The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value" (4341055)

When attempting to log into the Active Roles Web Interface, the browser shows the following error:

The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value

The URL displays as:

http://servername/arwebadmin/arwebadmin/arwebadmin/arwebadmin/arwebadmin/arwebadmin....

1. Open the IIS Manager on the Active Roles Web Interface host
2. Navigate to the problem site
3. In the centre pane, under IIS, open HTTP Redirect
4. De-select the checkbox labeled "Redirect requests to this destination"
5. In an elevated command prompt, run IISRESET