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DirectoryLevelsToScan Metabase Property
The DirectoryLevelsToScan property specifies the number of virtual directory levels to scan in the metabase from the root virtual directory for a server in order to build a list of directories to be monitored for file system changes. If a virtual directory is not included in the list, then the IIS cache will not be flushed when a file change occurs in the directory. This list is also used for down-level remote administration from earlier versions of IIS. The value of this property ranges from 0 to 4294967295 (or unlimited).
The metabase represents unlimited as the DWORD value of 4294967295 (0xFFFFFFFF); however, Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) represents unlimited in hexadecimal format as &HFFFFFFFF. Previous versions of IIS represented unlimited as -1.
| Attribute Name | Attribute Value |
|---|---|
|
XML Data Type |
DWORD |
|
WMI Data Type |
SINT32 |
|
ADSI Data Type |
DWORD |
|
ABO Data Type |
DWORD |
|
ABO Metabase Identifier |
MD_LEVELS_TO_SCAN |
|
Attributes |
NO_ATTRIBUTES |
|
Default Value |
2 |
|
MetaFlagsEx |
CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED |
|
User Type |
IIS_MD_UT_SERVER |
|
ID |
1022 |
Configurable Locations
You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.
| Metabase Path | IIS Admin Object Type |
|---|---|
|
/LM/W3SVC |
IIsWebService |
|
/LM/MSFTPSVC |
IIsFtpService |
|
/LM/NNTPSVC |
IIsNntpService |
Code Example
For general code examples, see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties.
