Changing Virtual Directory Settings

To change settings of a virtual directory within a website:

1. Go to Websites & Domains and find the website’s domain name.

2. Click Virtual Directories.

3. Browse to the directory whose preferences you want to change, and
   click the corresponding icon , or click Directory
   Properties when inside the required directory.

4. Change the settings as required:

   • Name - specify virtual directory name.

   • Path - specify the path to the physical directory to which the
     virtual directory is linked.

   • Script source access - select this checkbox to allow users to
     access source code if either Read or Write permissions are set.
     Source code includes scripts in ASP applications.

   • Read permission - select this checkbox to allow users to read
     files or directories and their associated properties.

   • Write permission - select this checkbox to allow users to
     upload files and their associated properties to the virtual
     directory or to change content in a write-enabled file. Write
     access is allowed only if browser supports the PUT feature of the
     HTTP 1.1 protocol.

   • Directory browsing - select this checkbox to allow users to
     see a hypertext listing of the files and subdirectories in the
     virtual directory.

   • Log visits - select this checkbox if you want to store the
     information about visits to the virtual directory.

   • Create application - select this checkbox to make the web
     directory an IIS application. The directory becomes logically
     independent from the rest of the website.

   • Execute permissions - select the appropriate program execution
     level allowed for the virtual directory.

     • None - allow access only to static files such as HTML or
       image files.
     • Scripts only - allow running scripts only, not executables.
     • Scripts and Executables - remove all restrictions so that
       all file types can be executed.

   • Allow to use parent paths - select this checkbox to allow
     using double period in the path name when referring to a folder
     above the current directory. This enables users to move up the
     folder…