Question

Is there a way to detect whether IIS is enabled or not?

I know how to check if it is INSTALLED, but I need to know if it’s installed but not enabled.

Also, can this be done natively via InstallShield? Checking this via .NET would be acceptable as we can write custom actions, but if there is an IS call then that would be ideal.

Any hints/tips are appreciated, thanks

Answer 1

You should also check to see if the Web Site is started, in addition to the W3svc Service

c:\Inetpub\scripts>adsutil.vbs get W3SVC/1/ServerState ServerState                     : (INTEGER) 2 

Where ServerState =

Value  Meaning  Friendly ID   1      Starting    MD_SERVER_STATE_STARTING 2      Started     MD_SERVER_STATE_STARTED  <-- What you want 3      Stopping    MD_SERVER_STATE_STOPPING 4      Stopped     MD_SERVER_STATE_STOPPED 5      Pausing     MD_SERVER_STATE_PAUSING 6      Paused      MD_SERVER_STATE_PAUSED 7      Continuing  MD_SERVER_STATE_CONTINUING 

So the above answer using Win32_Service will tell you if the service is started or not, this will tell you if the web site is running in addition to telling you if the service is running.