Is there a way to reset IIS 7 5 to factory settings

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I modified a lot of options in IIS  and would like to reset its settings to default    I already tried installing reinstalling it  After the reinstall  it still had the site I created  It was still breaking on the setting I made to the DefaultWebSite   People suggested uninstalling Windows Process Activation Service first  but it seems like it wasn t installed anyway  so I can t really uninstall it    How can I reset this installation of IIS back to an out-of-the-box state

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What worked for me was going to the article someone else had already mentioned, but keying on this piece:

application.config.backup is not created by automatic backup. The backup files are in %systemdrive%\inetpub\history directory. Automatic backup is also a Vista SP1 and above feature. More information can be found in this blog post, http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/03/24/how-to-backup-restore-iis7-configuration.aspx

I was able to find backups of my settings from when I had first installed IIS, and just copy and replace the files in the inetsrv\config directory.

Source: http://forums.iis.net/t/1085990.aspx

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You need to uninstall IIS  Internet Information Services  but the key thing here is to make sure you uninstall the Windows Process Activation Service or otherwise your ApplicationHost config will be still around  When you uninstall WAS then your configuration will be cleaned up and you will truly start with a fresh new IIS  and all data configuration will be lost

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There are automatic backup under  systemdrive  inetpub history but it may not help much if you already made lots of changes   http   blogs iis net bills archive 2008 03 24 how-to-backup-restore-iis7-configuration aspx  You will have to regularly back up manually using appcmd   If you try to reinstall IIS  please first uninstall IIS and WAS via Add Remove Programs  and then delete all existing files under C  inetpub and C  Windows system32 inetsrv directories  Then you can install again cleanly   WARN  beginners on IIS are not recommended to execute the steps above without a full backup of the system  The steps should be executed with caution and good understanding of IIS  If you are not capable of or you have doubt  make sure you open a support case with Microsoft via http   support microsoft com and consult

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Resetting IIS   On the computer that is running Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Server components  open a command prompt as an administrator as follows    a  From the Start menu  choose All Programs  and then choose Accessories  b  Right-click Command Prompt  and then choose Run as administrator    At the command prompt  type the following command to change to the Microsoft NET Framework64 v4 0 30319 folder  and then press Enter  cd Windows Microsoft NET Framework64 v4 0 30319 At the command prompt  type the following command  and then press Enter  aspnet regiis exe -iru At the command prompt  type the following command  and then press Enter  iisreset

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There is one way that I have used my self  Go to Control Panel Programs Turn Windows features on or off then uninstall IIS and all of its components completely  I restart windows but I m not sure if it s required or not  Then install it again from the same path

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This link has some useful suggestions   http   forums iis net t 1085990 aspx     It depends on where you have the config settings stored  By default   IIS7 will have all of it s configuration settings stored in a file   called  ApplicationHost Config   If you have delegation configured   then you will see site app related config settings getting written to   web config file for the site app  With IIS7 on vista there is an   automatica backup file for master configuration is created  This file   is called  application config backup  and it resides inside    C  Windows System32 inetsrv config  You could rename this file to   applicationHost config and replace it with the applicationHost config   inside the config folder  IIS7 on server release will have better   configuration back up story  but for now I recommend using APPCMD to   backup restore your configuration on regualr basis  Example  APPCMD   ADD BACK  MYBACKUP    Another option  really the last option  is to   uninstall reinstall IIS along with WPAS  Windows Process activation   service

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