IIS - The Default Website is not special
ID: 151
Created: 2005-03-06
Updated: 2005-03-06
The Default Website in IIS is not really any special. It is just a website, created after the installation of IIS. Some applications do however work only with the Default Website, and when you try install them after you have deleted the default website, it will fail. So there has to be something special with the Default Website, right?
Every website in IIS has a unique site identification number. The Default Website always has number 1. This number is probably what these applications are looking for.
So, to re-create the Default Website, you just have to give a website the ID number of 1. This can be done with Metabase Explorer. Start Metabase Explorer, click the website ID, and click F2 on your keyboard. Then write a new number, and close Metabase Explorer.
So, there is really no default website, the first website created (during the installation) just happen to be named "Default Website".