Where is IIS Express 7.5 wwwroot Directory

Question

Using Windows 7 I have installed the IIS Express 7.5 but I cant find where is the wwwroot directory on my system! There is no " inetpub " folder on my C drive as well. Can you please let me know where I can put a file like hello.aspx file to be run?

Thanks

Answer 1

By first-hand experience and also by this other SO answer , usually IISExpress holds a directory with its own data files at: C:\\Users\\<username>\\Documents\\IISExpress .

There you can find the default directories for each web site log files ( Logs\\ and TraceLogFiles\\ ) and especially you can find all web sites configurations in file config\\applicationhost.config . That one has a <sites> section with a <site> node for each website created.

For each website, its <virtualDirectory> node specifies actual root location in physicalPath attribute:

<site name="YourWebSiteName" id="12345">
  <application path="/" applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool">
    <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="D:\Physical\path\to\your\website\root"/>
  </application>
  ...
</site>

Answer 2

C:\\Users\\YourUserName\\Documents\\My Web Sites\\web-Site1

One simple way to test is just key in a test file in your site root, eg http://localhost:1714/test.txt

System will throw a 404 error, in the "Detailed Error Information" section, system will show the "physical path" the server is trying to retrive the file.

Answer 3

Usually it is in your home directory. Something like c:\\Users\\<yourname>\\Documents\\IISExpress

Answer 4

you will see a location like below path

C:\\Users\\YOURUSERSNAME\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Temporary ASP.NET Files

Answer 5

But where is the global directory for IIS Express? Quick answer is that there is not one. IIS Express is very much directory based. That being said, the 2 solutions I have been able to work out are:

1. Add the group of files to your root path of your web site
2. Create a virtual directory in IIS Express' applicationHost.config file for the location of your global files

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