Beginning Dynamic Websites: with ASP.NET Web Matrix (Programmer to Programmer)

Now that you can see the admin tools, select Internet Information Services from the Administrative Tools menu. Expand (local computer), and then expand Web Sites. Right-click on Default Web Site, and from the New menu select Virtual Directory…:

This starts the wizard to create web applications. A Virtual Directory is simply a link from IIS to a directory on your disk – it doesn't physically create a new directory. Enter the name of your application here – we've used wrox in this example:

Press Next, and now enter the physical directory where this web application will point:

Press Next to get to the permissions screen:

You can leave these as they are, so just press Next and finish the configuration.

Now that this directory is configured as a web application, you can browse files using Internet Explorer, by using //localhost/wrox in the address bar. Substitute wrox for another name if you've used a different one.