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AppRoot

IIS 6.0

The AppRoot property contains the metabase path to the application root. For example, the metabase path for the application root of your Default Web Site is

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/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT

To configure a key as an application root, use the application management methods of the IIsWebVirtualDir and IIsWebDirectory objects.

Important Note:
Because this property is internally configured by IIS, you should consider it to be read-only. Do not configure this property.

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name	Value
ADSI/WMI Data Type	STRING
ABO Data Type	STRING_METADATA
Schema Default	Not specified.
Internal Default	Not specified.
Upper Bound	Not specified
Lower Bound	Not specified
Internal ID	2103
Friendly ID	MD_APP_ROOT
Property Attributes	INHERIT
User Type	IIS_MD_UT_FILE

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path	IIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC	IIsWebService
/LM/W3SVC/n	IIsWebServer
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name /LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name	IIsWebDirectory
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name	IIsWebVirtualDir

Flags

There are no flags for this property.

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

Server: Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0.

Product: IIS

Reference

Comparison of IIS Administration Features

Other Resources

Using IIS Programmatic Administration

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