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Edit applicationhost.config with appcmd.exe at different location


Can I use appcmde.exe to edit applicationhost.config at different location? For example: Visual Studio 2015 creates applicationhost.config at .vs\config directory. I could manually edit this file but i would like to prefer to use appcmd.exe.


Solution

  • You can use the option apphostconfig to specify a different applicationhost.config file.

    For example:

    appcmd list site "mysite" /config /apphostconfig:"%userprofile%\projects\myproject\.vs\config\applicationhost.config"