remove IIS component problem

I cannot remove the IIS component.
I first deselect the IIS component through control panel->Add/Remove
Program->Windows component.
At the deleting file state, the wizard reports file duplication was
cancelled, installation procedure cannot be continued.
When I run the command inetmgr, it reports the application not found.
However, there is still a tick for the IIS in Windows component wizard.
How can I completely remove the IIS component?
What is the problem?
Thanx

yonlinemanghn
Mon Jul 26 18:06:34 CDT 2004

Hello,
Please post the exact error message you received when trying to remove IIS.
Try these steps to remove IIS from the server:
- Run Add/Remove Windows Components from Control Panel | Add/Remove
Programs.
- Uncheck the Internet Information Services checkbox in the Windows
Components Wizard.
- Click next to run the Windows Components Wizard to completion.
- Delete the c:\inetpub folder completely if no web sites have been
created. If there is(are) custom website, ensure backups of the
appropriate folders used by the custom web sites exist prior to deleting
the \inetpub folder.
- Verify that the c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv folder has no subfolders, that
there are only a few miscellaneous files at the root of the \inetsrv
folder. Some of these files can't be deleted...will reappear if you do so
because they are protected files and windows file protection puts them
back. Delete any subfolders.
- Verify that the metabase.bin file is NOT present in the \inetsrv folder.
Delete it if it is.
- Rename the C:\documents and settings\all users\application data\machine
keys folder
- Restart the server
- IIS should have been uninstalled completely from the server.

Hope this helps!


Thanks,
Yogita Manghnani
Microsoft Developer Support
Internet Information Server

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