IIS: DirectoryEntry Exception: "access denied"?

Question

When I am creating the DirectoryEntry as:

string path = string.Concat("IIS://", serverName, "/W3SVC/1/Filters");
DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(path);

I am getting the exception : "Access Denied". I am using WPF windows application.

Answer 1

You need to run this application under an account that has administrative privileges to the server you are creating virtual directories.