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• 08-26-2008, 1:51 PM

  turleyd Joined on 08-04-2008, 4:14 PM Posts 4

  appcmd list config returns ERROR Reply Contact I'm having trouble getting 'appcmd list config' to work on Windows 2008 Server Core.  When I run that command it returns ERROR ( hresult:80070490, message:Commad execution failed. Element not found. ) I know this command worked yesterday because I watched it work.  Then I performed a re-install of Windows 2008 Server Core and IIS and now the command returns ERROR.  Other commands definitely work, such as 'appcmd list site' and 'appcmd set config "Default Web Site" -section:handlers -accessPolicy:Read,Script'  Is this a permissions or security issue?  What's changed in the last couple of days??

  Tags: IIS7appCmdIIS7 7.0IIS 7.0Windows Server 2008 Codename 'Longhorn'Windows 2008iis 7.0 authorizationiis 7Server 2008

• 08-26-2008, 2:54 PM

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  mukhtard Joined on 07-07-2008, 9:13 PM Redmond, WA Posts 165	Re: appcmd list config returns ERROR Reply Contact I'm note sure how the config got messed up, but the quickest way to resolve this is to re-install IIS. Can you uninstall IIS totally and then re-install it and see if you still see the problem? Thanks, Mukhtar Desai IIS Performance Team

• 08-26-2008, 2:57 PM

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  turleyd Joined on 08-04-2008, 4:14 PM Posts 4	Re: appcmd list config returns ERROR Reply Contact I've done more than uninstall IIS, I've completely reinstalled the OS too.  And I can reproduce it on another Core machine.  I have every single IIS package installed and the command still fails.

• 08-26-2008, 4:50 PM

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  mukhtard Joined on 07-07-2008, 9:13 PM Redmond, WA Posts 165

  Re: appcmd list config returns ERROR Reply Contact There are certain features of IIS7 that are not available on Server Core edition. I think somehow they have gotten installed and the config system doesn't recognize them. Here is a good article that should explain this: http://blogs.iis.net/metegokt/archive/2007/06/26/administering-iis7-on-server-core-installations-of-windows-server-2008.aspx Thanks, Mukhtar Desai IIS Performance Team

• 08-26-2008, 5:19 PM

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  turleyd Joined on 08-04-2008, 4:14 PM Posts 4

  Re: appcmd list config returns ERROR Reply Contact How could packages that are not available on Server Core get installed?  Here is the exact command I am using: start /WAIT pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-Security;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-FTPPublishingService;IIS-FTPServer

• 08-26-2008, 9:16 PM

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  mukhtard Joined on 07-07-2008, 9:13 PM Redmond, WA Posts 165

  Re: appcmd list config returns ERROR Reply Contact I setup a clean Windows 2008 Server Core box and ran your pkgmgr command. I was able to run appcmd list config command without any problems. I rebooted the machine and reran the command just to make sure it works consistently. If you want I can send my copy of applicationHost.config and you can compare it against yours. Thanks, Mukhtar Desai IIS Performance Team