Tip #12: Did you know..How to create an IIS Virtual Directory from within Visual Web Developer?

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Here are the steps on how to create a Local IIS Virtual Directory.To start with you should have IIS installed on your box.

Step1: Go to File Menu->Click on New Web Site.

Step2: Click on the Browse button in the New Web Site dialog. This will bring up the “Choose Location” dialog in the picture below.

Choose Location

Step3: Click on Local IIS tab on your left.

Step4: On the top right corner of the above dialog there is an icon for “Create New Virtual Directory”. Click on that icon and it will bring up the dialog for creating New Virtual Directory. In this dialog, type in the name and full path to your physical directory.

New Virtual Directory

Step5: In the “Choose Location” dialog, you could also delete virtual directories. The delete icon is right next to the “Create Virtual Directory” icon on top left. Select the virtual directory in the tree view and click on the delete icon. This will pop up a confirmation dialog if you click OK on that dialog, the virtual directory will be deleted.

Reshmi Mangalore

SDET, Web Development Tools