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AppRoot

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

/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT

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

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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

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