After installing the Windows 10 Creators Update (1607), IIS is no longer installed.
When I re-install it from "Turn Windows features on or off", I find that all my application pools and all my sites are gone.
After installing the Windows 10 Creators Update (1607), IIS is no longer installed.
When I re-install it from "Turn Windows features on or off", I find that all my application pools and all my sites are gone.
The "good" news is that there seems to be a way to restore the IIS app pools and sites (after re-enabling IIS from "Turn Windows features on or off").
It’s a little tricky and error prone, but it’s better than nothing.
Here is the procedure that worked for me:
C:\Windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config
. This is the original IIS data from before the update.C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config
. This is the active IIS data.<applicationPools>
and <sites>
elements in the active file with those from the originaliisreset
from an elevated command prompt