Where is IIS Express 7.5 wwwroot Directory

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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

Related post - [Where is the IIS Express install directory?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/23314928/465053) — RBT, Sep 01 '21 at 12:46

score 17 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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>

For Visual Studio 2015 and later the path to applicationhost.config is at `\.vs\config\applicationhost.config` — Leo Bartkus, Apr 22 '21 at 22:34

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '18 at 07:48

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.

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 26 '16 at 10:25

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

edited Apr 26 '16 at 10:25

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thanks ema , there are three folders there as config, logs, and TraceLogfiles. So where should I put the file? and How can I see the file in browser? – Behseini Feb 21 '14 at 22:10
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Actually there isn't a default folder for that, you can put your file where you prefer and execute the IISExpress so that it points to your folder: http://www.iis.net/learn/extensions/using-iis-express/running-iis-express-from-the-command-line – ema Feb 26 '14 at 10:12

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 30 '19 at 08:06

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you will see a location like below path

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

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 08 '14 at 08:54

But where is the global directory for IIS Express? Quick answer is that there is not one. IIS Express is very much directory based. That being said, the 2 solutions I have been able to work out are:

Add the group of files to your root path of your web site

Create a virtual directory in IIS Express’ applicationHost.config file for the location of your global files

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