Re: Add virtual root from command line

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From: Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] (jmaltz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:44:25 -0500

Hi,

IIS 6 now uses an XML database instead of the registry. You can use
iisweb.vbs to add a new website (type iisweb.vbs /? at the command line for
more info) 

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<greyfell@zerobyte.org> wrote in message
news:14ap4052s68qqhknk2qmtuda5ep34j0706@4ax.com...
> I have an installation program which installs a virtual root on the
> default website. In NT4 and Win2K I was able to accomplish this by
> adding a registry key to
> HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/W3SVC/Parameters/VirtualRoots.
>
> This no longer seems to work in Win2K3. Is there a command line method
> or another registry key I modify to install the virtual root to
> maintain this function in my installer on Win2K3? Thanks in advance.
>

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