StoreFront and Windows 7 IIS 7.5 setup

Question

The installation instructions for the setup of the StoreFront sample application show how to set the \StoreCSVS\ directory as the root folder for the local website.

Unfortunately, the instructions were written for Windows XP and 2000. For example: I cannot right-click on the \StoreCSVS\ directory, in Windows Explorer, and select the Web Sharing tab from the Properties dialog because this tab does not exist in Windows 7.

Does anyone know where I can find the instructions for Windows 7 and IIS 7.5 ?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Hi Marco,

Please try these steps:

1. From the Start menu, click Run, then type inetmgr to open the Internet Information Services (IIS) MMC snap-in.
2. In the left pane, expand the node with the computer's name, and then expand the Sites node.
3. Right-click Default Web Site, and then select Add Virtual Directory to open the Virtual Directory window.
4. In the window, type {alias_name} as the alias for the virtual directory that you are creating.
5. Select the Physical path.

This link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751432.aspx is for WCF services, but some of the steps should apply.