Where is IIS Express 7.5 wwwroot Directory

Question

Using Windows 7 I have installed the IIS Express 7.5 but I cant find where is the wwwroot directory on my system! There is no "inetpub" folder on my C drive as well. Can you please let me know where I can put a file like hello.aspx file to be run?

Thanks

Answer 1

By first-hand experience and also by this other SO answer, usually IISExpress holds a directory with its own data files at: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\IISExpress.

There you can find the default directories for each web site log files (Logs\ and TraceLogFiles\) and especially you can find all web sites configurations in file config\applicationhost.config. That one has a <sites> section with a <site> node for each website created.

For each website, its <virtualDirectory> node specifies actual root location in physicalPath attribute:

<site name="YourWebSiteName" id="12345">
  <application path="/" applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool">
    <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="D:\Physical\path\to\your\website\root"/>
  </application>
  ...
</site>

Answer 2

C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\My Web Sites\web-Site1

One simple way to test is just key in a test file in your site root, e.g. http://localhost:1714/test.txt

System will throw a 404 error, in the "Detailed Error Information" section, system will show the "physical path" the server is trying to retrive the file.

Answer 3

Usually it is in your home directory. Something like c:\Users\<yourname>\Documents\IISExpress

Answer 4

you will see a location like below path

C:\Users\YOURUSERSNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files