How to enable Directory browsing by default on IIS Express

Question

Cassini (Visual Studio development web server) by default enables directory browsing, how can I enable directory browsing on IIS Express by default? (I don\'t want to have a sep

Answer 1

you can use appcmd tool

APPCMD (command) (object-type)  < /parameter1:value1 ... >*

Where is one of the commands supported by .Most objects support this basic set of commands:

LIST Display the objects on the machine. An optional can specify a unique object to list, or one or more parameters can be specified to match against object properties.

ADD Create a new object with the specified object properties to set during creation.

DELETE Delete the object specified by the .

SET Set parameters on the object specified by .

Enable directory browsing.

Go to the IIS Express install directory.

1: Enable directory browsing at the server level

Run `appcmd set config /section:system.webServer/directoryBrowse /enabled:true`

2: Enable directory browsing at the site level

Run `appcmd set config ["SITE_NAME"] /section:system.webServer/directoryBrowse /enabled:true`

Note: Run with elevated permission

you can verify that the configuration/system.webServer/directoryBrowse@enabled attribute is set to true in the site or application configuration file.

Reference : IIS