Question

as shown here its possible to get the “default” IIS mime types from HKEY_Classes_Root.
However when I register a new type I cannot find the entry – does anyone know how I get read all IIS registered mime types progamatically ?

Answer 1

Sorry to answer my own question but the answer posted here (shown below) resolves this for both IIS 6 & 7

         NameValueCollection map = new NameValueCollection();
            using (DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://localhost/MimeMap"))
            {
                PropertyValueCollection properties = entry.Properties["MimeMap"];
                Type t = properties[0].GetType();

                foreach (object property in properties)
                {
                    BindingFlags f = BindingFlags.GetProperty;
                    string ext = t.InvokeMember("Extension", f, null, property, null) as String;
                    string mime = t.InvokeMember("MimeType", f, null, property, null) as String;
                    map.Add(ext, mime);
                }
            }