system env vars aren't reflected with IIS 5.0, without re-..

External Since: Sep 08, 2003 Posts: 2

On win2k, I have a CGI Visual C++ executable that does a GetEnv.

My problem is that I cannot get IIS to read new environment
variables/values NO MATTER WHAT, without PC re-boot.

I'm using SETX.EXE utility to change the SYSTEM env vars. After
running setx, I can verify that the system vars do exist or have
changed.

After changing or adding a SYSTEM env var, I've tried the following to
force IIS to read new value:

1) Run IISRESET from GUI AND command line. Still can't see new env
variable.

2) Manually stop w3svc and IISadmin service, stop IIS web server,
restart all. Still can't see new environment variable.

I now suspect that the IIS metabase somehow has to be forced to
refresh/reload. Is there a way to do this? Any other ideas?

thanks, chris

External Since: Aug 28, 2003 Posts: 6

IIS (inetinfo.exe) is launched by services.exe which does not pick up system
environment variable changes until reboot, the reason all the executables
you launch interactively pick up the changes is because they are alunched by
explorer.exe which picks them up on the fly.
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"chris" <od488gw02.RemoveThis@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> On win2k, I have a CGI Visual C++ executable that does a GetEnv.
>
> My problem is that I cannot get IIS to read new environment
> variables/values NO MATTER WHAT, without PC re-boot.
>
> I'm using SETX.EXE utility to change the SYSTEM env vars. After
> running setx, I can verify that the system vars do exist or have
> changed.
>
> After changing or adding a SYSTEM env var, I've tried the following to
> force IIS to read new value:
>
> 1) Run IISRESET from GUI AND command line. Still can't see new env
> variable.
>
> 2) Manually stop w3svc and IISadmin service, stop IIS web server,
> restart all. Still can't see new environment variable.
>
> I now suspect that the IIS metabase somehow has to be forced to
> refresh/reload. Is there a way to do this? Any other ideas?
>
> thanks, chris