Enable ASP.NET in IIS6 Programmatically

Question

Is there a way to enable the ASP.NET Web Service Extension in IIS6 via C#? I'm trying to simplify a website setup program for people who haven't used IIS before.

Answer 1

C# NET. Framework usage:

Process.Start(@"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis", "-i -enable");

CMD usage:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis -i -enable

It's useful.

Source: https://serverfault.com/questions/1649/why-does-iis-refuse-to-serve-asp-net-content

Answer 2

You could call out to WMI easily enough (System.Management namespace, IIRC) and I believe you can set it from there. However, it may well be much simpler to set it manually, you can't do it from within an ASP.NET site since your server won't be able to run it until it is set...

Principles of doing something similar may be found here