CGI and Perl Applications Do Not Run in a New Console

ID: Q190002

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

CGI and Perl applications do not run in a new console.

WORKAROUND

With the Windows Script Host enabled, start the command prompt and go to the following directory:

<%System_Root%>\System32\Inetsrv\Adminsamples

Then, type the following command:

adsutil set w3svc/CreateCGIWithNewConsole "1"

MORE INFORMATION

To run CGI applications in Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 and earlier, "CreateProcessWithNewConsole" was added as a REG_DWORD with a value of "1" to the following registry key:


   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters

This method does not work in IIS 4.0.

Additional query words: reg

Keywords :
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb