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MimeMap

MimeMap provides a list of the file name extensions for MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) mappings. The MimeMap key at the local machine level of the metabase establishes the default list, which can be overridden at the Web service and Web server level keys.

Attribute Name Attribute Value
XML Data Type mimemap
WMI Data Type
Same as WMI data type
ADSI Data Type mimemap
ABO Data Type mimemap
ABO Metabase identifier
MD_MIME_MAP
Attributes INHERIT
Default Value null
MetaFlagsEx CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED
User Type IIS_MD_UT_FILE
StartingNumber Not applicable
EndingNumber Not applicable
ID 6015

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path IIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name
IIsWebVirtualDir
/LM/W3SVC/n IIsWebServer
/LM IIsComputer
/LM/W3SVC IIsWebService
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/file_name
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name/file_name
IIsWebFile
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name
/LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name
IIsWebDirectory
/LM/MimeMap IIsMimeMap

Code Example

For general code examples, please see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties