Move Inetpub off of c drive

The inetpub folder is installed by default on the c drive. We often are asked to move this default folder onto an application drive (i.e. d, f, g drive). It is a convenient practice as it gets the files off of the c drive which can get clogged up with all kinds of system level files. Here is the script which will move an existing c:\inetpub install to the drive of your choice. Save it as inetpub.bat and then execute as c:\inetpub.bat f where f is the name of the target drive you want to run inetpub from. REM PLEASE BE AWARE: SERVICING (I.E. HOTFIXES AND SERVICE PACKS) WILL STILL REPLACE FILES REM IN THE ORIGINAL DIRECTORIES. THE LIKELIHOOD THAT FILES IN THE INETPUB DIRECTORIES HAVE REM TO BE REPLACED BY SERVICING IS LOW BUT FOR THIS REASON DELETING THE ORIGINAL DIRECTORIES REM IS NOT POSSIBLE. @echo off IF "%1" == "" goto err setlocal set MOVETO=%1:\ REM simple error handling if drive does not exist or argument is wrong IF NOT EXIST %MOVETO% goto err REM Backup IIS config before we start changing config to point to the new path %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd add backup beforeRootMove REM Stop all IIS services iisreset /stop REM Copy all content REM /O - copy ACLs REM /E - copy sub directories including empty ones REM /I - assume destination is a directory REM /Q - quiet REM echo on, because user will be prompted if content already exists. echo on xcopy %systemdrive%\inetpub %MOVETO%inetpub /O /E /I /Q @echo off REM Move AppPool isolation directory reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WAS\Parameters /v ConfigIsolationPath /t REG_SZ /d %MOVETO%inetpub\temp\appPools /f REM Move logfile directories %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationHost/sites -siteDefaults.traceFailedRequestsLogging.directory:"%MOVETO%inetpub\logs \FailedReqLogFiles" %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationHost/sites -siteDefaults.logfile.directory:"%MOVETO%inetpub\logs\logfiles" %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationHost/log -centralBinaryLogFile.directory:"%MOVETO%inetpub\logs\logfiles" %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationHost/log -centralW3CLogFile.directory:"%MOVETO%inetpub\logs\logfiles" %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationHost/sites -siteDefaults.ftpServer.logFile.directory:"%MOVETO%inetpub\logs\logfiles" %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.ftpServer/log -centralLogFile.directory:"%MOVETO%inetpub\logs\logfiles" REM Move config history location, temporary files, the path for the Default Web Site and the custom error locations %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.applicationhost/configHistory -path:%MOVETO%inetpub\history %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.webServer/asp -cache.disktemplateCacheDirectory:"%MOVETO%inetpub\temp\ASP Compiled Templates" %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:system.webServer/httpCompression -directory:"%MOVETO%inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files" %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set vdir "Default Web Site/" -physicalPath:%MOVETO%inetpub\wwwroot %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='401'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='403'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='404'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='405'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='406'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='412'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='500'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='501'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:httpErrors /[statusCode='502'].prefixLanguageFilePath:%MOVETO%inetpub\custerr REM Make sure Service Pack and Hotfix Installers know where the IIS root directories are reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\inetstp /v PathWWWRoot /t REG_SZ /d %MOVETO%inetpub\wwwroot /f reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\inetstp /v PathFTPRoot /t REG_SZ /d %MOVETO%inetpub\ftproot /f REM Do the same for x64 directories if not "%ProgramFiles(x86)%" == "" reg add HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\inetstp /v PathWWWRoot /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %MOVETO%inetpub\wwwroot /f if not "%ProgramFiles(x86)%" == "" reg add HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\inetstp /v PathFTPRoot /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %MOVETO%inetpub\ftproot /f REM Restart all IIS services iisreset /start echo. echo. echo =============================================================================== echo Moved IIS7 root directory from %systemdrive%\ to %MOVETO%. echo. echo Please verify if the move worked. echo If something went wrong you can restore the old settings via echo "APPCMD restore backup beforeRootMove" echo and echo "REG delete HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WAS\Parameters\ConfigIsolationPath" echo You also have to reset the PathWWWRoot and PathFTPRoot registry values echo in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\InetStp. echo =============================================================================== echo. echo. endlocal goto success REM error message if no argument or drive does not exist :err echo. echo New root drive letter required. echo Here an example how to move the IIS root to the F:\ drive: echo. echo MOVEIISROOT.BAT F echo. echo. :success