I get some Web apps in compressed zip files. While its easy to unzip and map it to my local IIS server, its still a very doll job to do over and over again. So I was searching the web and came across ASP.NET 4 Web Server Here Shell Extension by Phil Haack.

A very simple shell extension starting the Cassini webserver on the selected folder:

And then just point you favorite browser at: http://localhost:8081/ or what ever port you used in the reg file.

I have attached both reg files for 32 & 64 bit.

32bit

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\VS2010 WebServer]
@="ASP.NET 4 Web Server Here"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\VS2010 WebServer\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\DevServer\\10.0\\Webdev.WebServer40.exe /port:8081 /path:\"%1\""

64bit

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\VS2010 WebServer]
@="ASP.NET 4 Web Server Here"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\VS2010 WebServer\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\DevServer\\10.0\\Webdev.WebServer40.exe /port:8081 /path:\"%1\""

Yes, the Formating is very bad, so to avoid any copy/paste errors, download the attached zip file.

Regs.zip (758.00 bytes)

The Danish TechEd coordinator was so lucky to get Bernhard Frank to tell all the Danish people at TechEd Berlin 2009 about all the news in IIS 7.5, and in the end there will be time for Q&A, its free for Danes.

Afterwards there will a 3 dinners menu, so the attendees don't have to wait in line for the official dinner.

I’m really looking forward for this, as I’m working on a daily basis with the IIS server.

INFO: I will update this post, when I have attended the session.