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Section(s): Network
Published on Sep 06, 2005.
Last Modified on Sep 06, 2005.
Last Modified by Mitch Tulloch.
Rated 4 out of 5 based on 3 votes.

It would be nice if one could cut and paste a virtual directory from one IIS website to another.

It would be nice if one could cut and paste a virtual directory from one IIS website to another. Unfortunately the IIS 6 GUI just isn't that capable. But there is an easy way to copy a virtual directory from one site to another on the same IIS web server:

Right-click on the virtual directory in the original website and select Save Configuration To File. This will save the portion of the XML metabase that contains the configuration info for the vdir.
Right-click on the target website and select New | Virtual Directory From File, specify the previously saved XML file, click Read File, select the file to import, and click Ok.

Another way is to use the Iiscnfg.vbs script to export the vdir from the old site and import it into the new one.

About Mitch Tulloch

Mitch Tulloch was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press, which is the book for IT pros who want to deploy, maintain and support Windows Vista in mid- and large-sized network environments. Mitch was also the author of Introducing Windows Server 2008 and technical project lead for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, both books also from Microsoft Press. For more information on these and other books by Mitch, see www.mtit.com .