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Internet: Web Server: Microsoft Information Server: IIS: How to create a virtual directory?

May 22nd, 2004 09:44
Knud van Eeden,

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Internet: Web Server: Microsoft Information Server: IIS: How to create 
a virtual directory?

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Start Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) administrator

 2. -Click '+' to expand your computer (e.g. 'local server') in the 
left pane

 5. -Click '+' to expand 'Web sites'

 6. -Right click 'Default Web site'

 7. -select from list 'New'

 8. -Virtual directory

 9. -A wizard starts

10. -Choose an alias

      e.g.

       myvirtualdirectory

11. -Browse to the physical location of the files
     of this project on your harddisk

      e.g.

       c:\inetpub\wwwroot

      or

       c:\temp

12. -click button 'Finish'

13. -If your Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
     is running, you can now access the HTML pages
     in this directory

      c:\inetpub\wwwroot\myvirtualdirectory

     or similar

      c:\temp\myvirtualdirectory

     by typing in your browser

      http://localhost/myvirtualdirectory

     or more in general

      http://<mymachinename>/myvirtualdirectory

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Internet: see also:

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Internet: Web Server: Microsoft Information Server: IIS: What is a 
virtual directory?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/28350/fid/173

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IIS: Administration: Start: Overview: How to start Microsoft Internet 
Information Services?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/28342/fid/173

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