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vamyip
vamyip

Reputation: 1171

Detect whether IIS 6.0 metabase compatibility is installed

I have built a web setup project using VS 2008, wherein I need to check whether IIS 6.0 Metabase compatibility is installed. I tried it by accessing registry keys specifed in here in custom actions. But when I run the installer, I the key comes out to be blank irrespective of whether metabase compatibility is installed.

To further check the problem, I created a Console app to access the same keys. When I run it on win7, the app fails. Then, I ran it in WinXP SP3 compatibility mode and it ran perfectly.

Can someone help with this. I am open to other bullet-proof means of detecting whether IIS 6.0 Metabase compatibility is installed

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1188

Answers (2)

Lex Li
Lex Li

Reputation: 63173

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-IIS-WebServer-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7600.16385\Updates

Check if IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility is 1. 1 means installed, 0 means not installed.

Other check boxes also reflect to something under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-IIS*

Upvotes: 0

vamyip
vamyip

Reputation: 1171

I ended up checking for presence of the file "%windir%\system32\inetsrv\metadata.dll".

Upvotes: 1

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