Default Document not in Site's Home Directory

External Since: Dec 10, 2003 Posts: 2

Hello,

For reasons that are out of my control, I would like to have the
default document set to a file that is in a completely different
directory then what is the site's home directory. In this case I need
to go up a few directory levels, and then down a different set of
directories.

For example, my site's home directory is set to:
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyWebsite

I would like the default document reside in:
c:\foo\bar\

What I have found is that while I can set the default document to
reside in a directory that is up a few levels from the site's home
directory (c:\), it can't have is reside in a directory that up a few
levels and then down a different set of directories (c:\foo\bar\).
i.e. setting the default document in IIS to "../../default.htm" works,
but "../../foo/bar/default.htm" does not.
Is this how IIS is designed to work, or am I doing something
wrong?

Thanks,
Attila

External Since: Dec 10, 2003 Posts: 2

You need to go to the web site properties.Goto HOMEDIRECTORY tab select A Directory located on this computer -> Specify the path against LOCAL PATH . Under Documents Tab Select Eanble Default document and use the arrow to move your default file to the top of the list if it exists there or use the add button to add it to the list and move it to the top of the list.