Get the metabase path for an IIS entry (Installation stopped because the specified path is not a valid web application)

asp.net iis metabase aspnet-regiis.exe
Boris Callens picture Boris Callens · Nov 4, 2008 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

I'm by no means a sysadmin so please correct me if I'm wrong.

I want to run aspnet_regiis.exe -s. This requires the metabase path of my website.

How do I find this metabase path?

Answer

Don Worthley picture Don Worthley · Nov 13, 2008

Just run aspnet_regiis.exe -lk to see a list of the registered applications, their metabase paths and the version of the .NET framework installed for this application.

Also, here are a couple of links that you can use to find the metabase path:

HTH,

Don

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