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Asked: 2026-05-23T06:26:27+00:00

I want to enable Directory Browsing for the for the following virtual web directory

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I want to enable “Directory Browsing” for the for the following virtual web directory using WIX.

<iis:WebVirtualDir Id="LogsVirDir" Alias="Logs"  Directory="ESGLOGFILES" />

How do I accomplish this using WIX?
IIS Directory Browsing Option

Directory Browsing Enabled

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  1. Editorial Team

    Based on my research Wix currently does not have any capability to enable Directory Browsing using the standard set of actions. The one way I have found to do this is using a combination of Wix Custom Actions and IIS’s Appcmd.exe. Note this command will create a web.config file if one does not exist.

    <CustomAction Id="EnableDirectoryBrowsing"
              Execute="deferred"
              ExeCommand='[WindowsFolder]system32\inetsrv\APPCMD.EXE set config "ESG Website/logs" /section:directoryBrowse /enabled:true'
              Directory="TARGETDIR"
              Return="check"
              Impersonate="no"/>


<InstallExecuteSequence>
  <Custom Action="EnableDirectoryBrowsing" Before="InstallFinalize">Not Installed</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
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