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Don Becker
Don Becker

Reputation:

How do I change the default Virtual Directory name during a web service install?

I have a C# web service, created using VS2008.

I have a deployment project that creates the MSI I use for deployment.

Is there a setting somewhere to change the default virtual directory that the user is prompted with during the installation?

I'd prefer to not change the name of the webservice to do this.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 4926

Answers (3)

Nora Sparks
Nora Sparks

Reputation: 1

Visual Studio 2015. The virtual directory can be changed on the properties for the Web.ApplicationFolder for web applications

Upvotes: 0

Magnus Johansson
Magnus Johansson

Reputation: 28325

But isn´t this a simple case of right-clicking the setup project:

select View-> File System.

From the File system explorer, click the Web Application Folder. Press F4 to bring up the properties window (if it isn´t already visible).

In the properties window, scroll down to VirtualDirectory and change it to whatever you want.

Does that work for you?

Upvotes: 22

Don Becker
Don Becker

Reputation:

I think I have the fix.

I couldn't find a fix thru the VS UI, so you'll need to locate your deployment project (file extention is .vdproj) and open in notepad.

Search for "VirtualDirectory"

You'll find a line similar to this:

"VirtualDirectory" = "8:OldName"

Where OldName is the current default you're seeing during installation.

Change "OldName" to whatever you want for a default. Save and build.

If there's a way to do this thru the UI, that would be even better, I couldn't find it and this works.

Upvotes: 0

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