where are the IIS server settings stored?

Question

I have installed url rewrite tool. I have set a global rule by right clicking on the server name (not a website name) and created a rule.

Now I want to edit this rule manually but I don't know where these settings are stored? when I create a rule for a website, it is stored in web.config but in this case I created rule for whole server and I can not find where it is stored? Is it stored as windows registry key?

Answer 1

When doing a configuration via IIS Manager, the statusbar shows into which file the settings will be stored. At server level it mostly is applicationHost.config which is stored at %windir%\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config.