In case of IIS 6 on Windows Server 2003 R2 it's now possible to edit metabase file directly using Notepad or any other text editor of choice. Unlike the metabase of previous versions, this one is in XML format, thus it's human writable.
Please do not forget to make a backup copy of the file, since an error in file structure may lead to unpredictable results. The XML must remain well-formed.
After the changes are written, they are not applied immediately The problem is the IIS caches previously read metadata, and it can take approximately 5 minutes for changes to take effect.
To speed up the process, you can either select 'Save Configuration To Disk' from IIS Manager, or restart the IIS.
Please do not forget to make a backup copy of the file, since an error in file structure may lead to unpredictable results. The XML must remain well-formed.
After the changes are written, they are not applied immediately The problem is the IIS caches previously read metadata, and it can take approximately 5 minutes for changes to take effect.
To speed up the process, you can either select 'Save Configuration To Disk' from IIS Manager, or restart the IIS.
