Rename Applications and Virtual Directories in IIS7
- by AngelEyes
from http://lanitdev.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/rename-applications-and-virtual-directories-in-iis7/
Rename Applications and Virtual Directories in IIS7
September 2, 2010 — Brian Grinstead
Have you ever wondered why the box to change the name or “Alias” on an application or virtual directory is greyed out (see screenshot below)? I found a way to change the name without recreating all your settings. It uses the built in administration commands in IIS7, called appcmd.
Renaming Applications In IIS7
Open a command prompt to see all of your applications.
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C:> %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list app
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APP "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName"
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APP "Default Web Site/AnotherApplication"
Run a command like this to change your “OldApplicationName” path to “NewApplicationName”. Now you can use http://localhost/newapplicationname
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C:> %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set app "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName" -path:/NewApplicationName
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APP object "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName" changed
Renaming Virtual Directories In IIS7
Open a command prompt to see all of your virtual directories.
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C:> %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list appcmd
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VDIR "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName/Images" (physicalPath:\\server\images)
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VDIR "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName/Data/Config" (physicalPath:\\server\config)
We want to rename /Images to /Images2 and /Data/Config to /Data/Config2. Here are the example commands:
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C:> %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set vdir "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName/Images" -path:/Images2
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VDIR object "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName/Images" changed
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C:> %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set vdir "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName/Data/Config" -path:/Data/Config2
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VDIR object "Default Web Site/OldApplicationName/Data/Config" changed
