Questions tagged [iis-metabase]
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Error - Unable to access the IIS metabase
After installing Visual Studio 2012 and opening my solution I get a series of errors in this form:
The Web Application Project Foo is configured to use IIS.
Unable to access the IIS Metabase. You do not have sufficient privilege to access IIS web…

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Unable to access the IIS metabase ASP.Net
Hi I know there are a few threads on this but none of the solutions seem to work for me.
I have an ASP.Net website project which I am trying to load and publish in Visual Studio. However when I load the project I get the error:
Creation of the…

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Is there something like IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools for IIS 7?
Is there something like IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools for IIS 7, specially the metabase explorer tool to be able to edit the IIS configurations without editing the .xml and .config files directly?

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How can I debug a VB6 IIS Application on Windows 7 64-bit
I have a need to be able to debug a Visual Basic 6 IIS Application on Windows 7 64-bit. Not just for a single problem but for continuing development.
An attempt to debug results in an error "An unspecified error has occurred" from the WebClass…

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Metabase - how to find question id or dashboard id from queryHash
We are using Metabase to query Amazon Redshift DB.
In AWS UI queries section I can see Metabase user ID and corresponding queryHash.
-- Metabase:: userID: 201 queryType: native queryHash:…

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Visual Studio 2013: Unable to access IIS metabase
I'm trying to open an asp.net MVC project in Visual Studio 2013 on a Windows 7 machine. I'm getting an error about being unable to access the IIS metabase. I've tried every suggestion I could find on the web, but am unable to get this to work. …

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Why is IIS 6.0 metabase compatibility required to be installed on IIS 7.0?
I recently encountered some harrowing time with our application's installer not able to run due to the non-availability of IIS 6.0 metabase compatibility on my Win2008 machine.
I am curious to know why is this required. Can anybody provide some…

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IIS 7 metabase: Setting the framework version and the managed pipeline mode programmatically
How can I set the ehe .net framework version and the managed pipeline mode programmatically for a IIS 7 programmatic via C#? What a the metabase property names for that?

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How to restore an IIS Metabase backup using C#
I've found the Stack Overflow question describing how to backup the IIS Metabase in C# here, and I have been successful at getting that to work using the code referenced here. However, I am having difficulty restoring those backups (or indeed any…

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WiX IIS Metabase Property
Is there a way to get the Enable32BitAppOnWin64 metabase property in WiX for IIS6?
I'm installing a web app and need to run aspnet_regiis.exe on a 64bit machine that has IIS set to 32bit mode. To get the path to the exe, I'm using the…

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web-administration vs WMI to query web directory properties performance problems
I have been building a server diff script for IIS and i've found that using the web-administration module is dramatically slower than WMI to get the same information. I built the WMI module first as i am working on a 2003 sunset project yet i found…

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VS2010 web setup project needs IIS6 (metabase) compatibility on IIS7. Consequences or other issues for the application?
When trying to install a web setup project (MSI) created in Visual Studio 2010 on Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server the setup will fail, with some generic error.
According to…

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How to overcome max upload size limit in Wordpress 3.1 running on Windows 2003 IIS6
i am trying to increase the max upload size in wordpress 3.1 multisite-installation running on windows 2003 iis6, but all methods i try (from editing php.ini, putting it in wp-admin as well as in the root, editing the htaccess, editing the…

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IIS metabase path for aspnet_compiler in IIS7
I am trying to use aspnet_compiler via the command line to build and publish a web application that is running on the IIS7 Default Web Site. I am struggling with finding the correct syntax of the -m argument for specifying the IIS metabase path.
All…

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Metabaseiis cannot write
I try to modify the metabase of IIS6, I've cheched the checkbox to enable direct Metabase Edit.
I do my modification, I save and When I do iisreset my modifications are rollbacked.
What can I do?

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