What account does IIS Express run under?

I need to get my dev machine to read a certificate from the local machine store

to do this I need to run winhttpcertcfg.exe and specify the account I want to elevate

What would this account be for IIS express?

(For IIS it would be the IWAM_MachineName)

thanks a lot

Where does IIS Express run from?

Running your site from the application folder By default, IIS Express will run the site on http://localhost:8080/ . For a managed website, such as ASP.NET, IIS Express will use . NET 4.0.

How does IIS Express work?

The default IIS Express configuration allows users to run websites without administrative privileges. The setup program also installs a self-signed server certificate that enables standard users to run a site over SSL. Certain tasks do require elevated user rights.

Does IIS Express require admin rights?

IIS Express was designed to allow the most common web development and testing tasks to be performed without administrative privileges.

IIS Express runs as your user account. When installed, you should find an IISExpress folder in your My Documents folder.