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I found two ways to delete the IISADMPWD directory<br />
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1. run the &quot;ADSUTIL SET W3SVC/&lt;site id&gt;/ChangPasswordFlags 2&quot; command --&gt; then remove the inherited permission then add your account with full control, reboot then you should be able to delete.<br />
To get the site id run the command IISWEB /QUERY command<br />
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2. Boot into WinPE and delete<br />
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I've not found another method the works for Win2k3/IIS6.0.. 
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I found two ways to delete the IISADMPWD directory

1. run the "ADSUTIL SET W3SVC/<site id>/ChangPasswordFlags 2" command --> then remove the inherited permission then add your account with full control, reboot then you should be able to delete.
To get the site id run the command IISWEB /QUERY command

2. Boot into WinPE and delete

I've not found another method the works for Win2k3/IIS6.0..

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thanks... will try this as well. &nbsp;cant believe i didnt try WinPE... (smascks self). the ADSUTIL or WSCRIPT stuff doesnt do jack on my machine (not recognized command).
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thanks... will try this as well.  cant believe i didnt try WinPE... (smascks self). the ADSUTIL or WSCRIPT stuff doesnt do jack on my machine (not recognized command).

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I have been unabled to remove the iisadmpwd folder under c:\windows\system32\inetsr<wbr />v. &nbsp;I have removed all references from the metabase.xml file. &nbsp;I brought the server up in safe mode, removed the folder, but upon reboot, the folder comes back. &nbsp;It is empty. &nbsp;When I try to remove the folder in normal mode, it says the folder is in use, even when all IIS services are stopped. &nbsp;Nothing in the registry either. &nbsp; Can anyone tell me how to remove this folder permanently?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Joseph
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I have been unabled to remove the iisadmpwd folder under c:\windows\system32\inetsrv.  I have removed all references from the metabase.xml file.  I brought the server up in safe mode, removed the folder, but upon reboot, the folder comes back.  It is empty.  When I try to remove the folder in normal mode, it says the folder is in use, even when all IIS services are stopped.  Nothing in the registry either.   Can anyone tell me how to remove this folder permanently?

Thanks,
Joseph

Need to remove the iisadmpwd directory, but it won't stay deleted

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.

Microsoft IIS Web Server

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).