Creating Virtual directory in IIS with c#

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/// Creates the virtual directory. ///

/// The web site. /// Name of the app. /// The path. /// /// Exception. public static bool CreateVirtualDirectory(string webSite, string appName, string path) { var schema = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://" + webSite + "/Schema/AppIsolated"); bool canCreate = !(schema.Properties["Syntax"].Value.ToString().ToUpper() == "BOOLEAN"); schema.Dispose(); if (canCreate) { bool pathCreated = false; try { var admin = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://" + webSite + "/W3SVC/1/Root"); //make sure folder exists if (!Directory.Exists(path)) { Directory.CreateDirectory(path); pathCreated = true; } //If the virtual directory already exists then delete it IEnumerable matchingEntries = admin.Children.Cast().Where(v => v.Name == appName); foreach (DirectoryEntry vd in matchingEntries) { admin.Invoke("Delete", new[] { vd.SchemaClassName, appName }); admin.CommitChanges(); break; } //Create and setup new virtual directory DirectoryEntry vdir = admin.Children.Add(appName, "IIsWebVirtualDir"); vdir.Properties["Path"][0] = path; vdir.Properties["AppFriendlyName"][0] = appName; vdir.Properties["EnableDirBrowsing"][0] = false; vdir.Properties["AccessRead"][0] = true; vdir.Properties["AccessExecute"][0] = true; vdir.Properties["AccessWrite"][0] = false; vdir.Properties["AccessScript"][0] = true; vdir.Properties["AuthNTLM"][0] = true; vdir.Properties["EnableDefaultDoc"][0] = true; vdir.Properties["DefaultDoc"][0] = "default.aspx,default.asp,default.htm"; vdir.Properties["AspEnableParentPaths"][0] = true; vdir.CommitChanges(); //the following are acceptable params //INPROC = 0, OUTPROC = 1, POOLED = 2 vdir.Invoke("AppCreate", 1); return true; } catch (Exception) { if (pathCreated) Directory.Delete(path); throw; } } return false; }