Modify IIS Metabase

If you need to modify the IIS Metabase, you can do so by editing the Metabase.xml file directly using Microsoft Visual Studio or notepad. But before you can do so, you must enable the edit-while-running feature in IIS Manager. After your changes, don’t forget to disable the edit-while-running feature. To make sure that your changes were implemented, you might need to restart the server.

To modify the IIS Metabase, follow the following steps:

Enable the edit-while running feature of the metabase using IIS Manager:

1. In IIS Manager, right-click the local computer, and then click Properties.
2. Check the Enable Direct Metabase Edit check box
3. Click OK.

Modify the IIS metabase:

1. Open the Metabase.xml file in a text editor. The default path to this file is systemroot\system32\inetserv\metabase.xml
2. Modify the metabase properties that you wish to change in the Metabase.xml file.
3. Save the changes to the file, and close the text editor.

Disable the Edit-while running feature of the metabase using IIS Manager:

1. In IIS Manager, right-click the local computer, and then click Properties.
2. Uncheck the Enable Direct Metabase Edit check box
3. Click OK.

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