Question

I’m trying to use

    DirectoryEntry root = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://localhost/W3SVC/1/Root");
    foreach (DirectoryEntry de in root.Children)
    {
    }

but I keep getting

[COMException (0x80005000): Unknown error (0x80005000)]
   System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail) +557
   System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind() +44
   System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_IsContainer() +42
   System.DirectoryServices.ChildEnumerator..ctor(DirectoryEntry container) +36
   System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntries.GetEnumerator() +36
   IISVdir.List(String RootWeb) in c:\Development\Testing\App_Code\IISVdir.cs:116
   _Default.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\Development\Testing\Default.aspx.cs:11
   System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +25
   System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +42
   System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +132
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +66
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2428

Answer 1

I’m not too sure what the error is but at a guess it might be installation issue or permissions.

For installation type issues:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jpsanders/archive/2009/05/13/iis-7-adsi-error-system-runtime-interopservices-comexception-0x80005000-unknown-error-0x80005000.aspx

For permissions type issues adding something to config like:

<identity impersonate="true" userName="AdminUserName" password="password" /> 

Or changing the user context that the application pool runs under to one that has local admin rights could work.

Also, the children of IIS://localhost/W3SVC/1/Root will be Virtual Directories or Folders. Websites would be IIS://localhost/W3SVC.