How do I set up and use IIS 7.5 in Windows 7

Report · Aug 17, 2009

I just bought a new machine and installed Windows 7 RC Ultimate and CS4 on it.

I set up IIS (or at least I think I did) and Inetpub now shows in the directory listing, so it should be there.

Only problem is that I cannot save any files to any site in the Inetpub directory even when logged in as administrator.

I have to manage lots of web sites that use asp, and so need to have the Inetpub facility.

Setting up IIS in Windows 7 is poorly documented, and seems quite complex.

The instructions on Microsoft's technet site for accessing IIS do not work, and so I am at a loss.

Am I to assume that the normal Dreamweaver method of storing files in inetpub/wwwroot/sitefolder is no longer valid?

Whether or not, can anyone tell me how to set up a site in windows 7 that will run an asp site using IIS?

Report · Aug 17, 2009

http://forums.iis.net/t/1147354.aspx has the answer to providing acess to folders that are not usually accesible in Windows 7.

Run the following command from an elevated command prompt (right click the "command prompt" icon and select "Run as Administrator").

This command will add full access for your user account to the INETPUB directory.

Now the Administrator privileges which you don't have don't matter anymore because your account and not Administrators grant you access.

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How obscure can you get?

I assume that changing the folder name from inetpub to whatever other folder you need to access will have the same effect.

All I have to sort out now is how to get the F12 key on my wireless keyboard to run a file when pressed in Dreamweaver - but that is another problem.