DirBrowseFlags

The DirBrowseFlags contains flags, as seen in the Flags section, that control whether directory browsing is enabled, how much directory and file information is provided if browsing is enabled, and whether there is a default page in the directory.

Note

If a client accesses the directory and does not provide a file name, and the EnableDefaultDoc flag is set to true, the server will look for a default file specified in the DefaultDoc property. If a default file does not exist in the directory, and the EnableDirBrowsing flag is set to true, then directory browsing is enabled.

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name	Value
ADSI/WMI Data Type	DWORD
ABO Data Type	DWORD_METADATA
Schema Default	DirBrowseShowDate | DirBrowseShowTime | DirBrowseShowSize | DirBrowseShowExtension | EnableDefaultDoc
Internal Default	DirBrowseShowDate | DirBrowseShowTime | DirBrowseShowSize | DirBrowseShowExtension | DirBrowseShowLongDate | EnableDefaultDoc
Upper Bound	0
Lower Bound	Not specified
Internal ID	6005
Friendly ID	MD_DIRECTORY_BROWSING
Property Attributes	INHERIT
User Type	IIS_MD_UT_FILE

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/W3SVC/n	IIsWebServer
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name /LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name	IIsWebDirectory
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT /LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name	IIsWebVirtualDir

Flags

Flag Name	DirBrowseShowDate
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	When set to true, date information is displayed when browsing directories.
Bitmask	2 (hex 0x00000002)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_DIRBROW_SHOW_DATE
Internal ID	6200

Flag Name	DirBrowseShowExtension
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	When set to true, file name extensions are displayed when browsing directories.
Bitmask	16 (hex 0x00000010)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_DIRBROW_SHOW_EXTENSION
Internal ID	6203

Flag Name	DirBrowseShowLongDate
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	When set to true, date information is displayed in extended format when displaying directories.
Bitmask	32 (hex 0x00000020)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_DIRBROW_LONG_DATE
Internal ID	6204

Flag Name	DirBrowseShowSize
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	When set to true, file size information is displayed when browsing directories.
Bitmask	8 (hex 0x00000008)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_DIRBROW_SHOW_SIZE
Internal ID	6202

Flag Name	DirBrowseShowTime
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	When set to true, file time information is displayed when displaying directories.
Bitmask	4 (hex 0x00000004)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_DIRBROW_SHOW_TIME
Internal ID	6201

Flag Name	EnableDefaultDoc
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	When set to true, the default document (specified by the DefaultDoc property) for a directory is loaded when the directory is browsed.
Bitmask	1073741824 (hex 0x40000000)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_DIRBROW_LOADDEFAULT
Internal ID	6206

Flag Name	EnableDirBrowsing
Versions Applicable	[IIS 5.0][IIS 5.1][IIS 6.0]
Description	When set to true, directory browsing is enabled.
Bitmask	2147483648 (hex 0x80000000)
Friendly Bitmask ID	MD_DIRBROW_ENABLED
Internal ID	6205

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

Server: Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0.

Product: IIS

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