Description of Adsutil and MetaEdit Utilities Used to Modify the Metabase

ID: Q240225

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 Option Pack

SUMMARY

This article describes the Adsutil and MetaEdit tools, which are used to modify the metabase.

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Adsutil

Adsutil is a command-line utility, written in Visual Basic, Scripting Edition, that uses the Cscript.exe command line scripting utility that comes with the Windows NT Option Pack. Adsutil.vbs is located in the %SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\adminsamples folder.

The documentation for Adsutil.vbs is located in the following locations (assuming that the product documentation is installed on the local computer):

Description of how to use sample administration scripts, including Adsutil: http://localhost/iishelp/iis/htm/adminsamples/default.htm

How to use Adsutil: http://localhost/iishelp/iis/htm/adminsamples/adsutil.htm

MetaEdit

The IIS 4.0 Resource Kit describes MetaEdit as follows:

The Metabase Editor (MetaEdit) is a tool that provides similar functionality to the Windows NT Registry Editor. Using MetaEdit, you can browse and modify attributes in the Metabase. Note that in using MetaEdit, you can make changes that may damage your IIS configuration. Be sure to edit all entries carefully.

MetaEdit is one of the utilities that ship with the IIS 4.0 Resource Kit, which is available from Microsoft Press. For more information, see http://mspress.microsoft.com/prod/books/1398.htm.

The MetaEdit documentation (MetaEdit.doc) is located in the \IIS Resource Kit\Utility\MetaEdit folder on the IIS Resource Kit compact disc.

Additional query words: ntop metaedit.exe mdutil mdutil.exe vbs meta-base meta-edit


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