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Using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 and Earlier Runtime

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This article explains how to use the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 and earlier runtime on a target machine, rather than the IIS 7 or later runtime used by operating systems starting with Windows Vista and later.

Synopsis

This article explains how to use the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 and earlier runtime on a target machine, rather than the IIS 7 or later runtime used by operating systems starting with Windows Vista and later.

Discussion

It may be desirable to use the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 and earlier runtime on a target Windows Vista machine if they were already using the legacy runtime. To use this legacy runtime rather than the IIS 7 and later runtime, follow the steps below:

  1. Create the following property in the Property Manager and set it's value to "1": IISPREFERLEGACYOBJECTS = 1
  2. Ensure IIS 6 metabase compatibility is turned on on the target machine.

Note: This property only impacts Windows Vista and later operating systems, on earlier operating systems the Legacy objects are always used.


Related Documents

Property Manager View


Additional Information

More information on turning on IIS 6 metabase compatibility can be found on the MSDN Blogs.

Additional information on the Property Manager in the InstallShield IDE can be found in the InstallShield Help topic Property Manager.
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Using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 and Earlier Runtime