Microsoft KB Archive/164674

= How To Use a CMD or BAT File as a CGI Script =

Article ID: 164674

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q164674



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information on how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" online Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" online Help topic in Regedt32.exe.



SUMMARY
Internet Information Server 1.0 (IIS) can use .cmd or .bat files as CGI scripts. In IIS 2.0 and 3.0, this capability has been removed by default.



MORE INFORMATION
You can enable the use of .cmd and .bat files with IIS by adding a script mapping to the registry.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" online Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

  Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and locate the following registry subkey in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree:

     \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters\Script Map

 On the Edit menu, click Add Value.  Enter the following for .cmd files:

     Value Name: .CMD Data Type: REG_SZ String: "\Winnt\system32\cmd.exe /c %s %s" (Leave off the quotation marks)

For .BAT files, repeat this process and substitute .BAT for .CMD in the value name. 

Sample Script
Use any text editor to create the following script and save it as myscript.cmd.

@echo off echo Content-Type: text/plain echo. echo Hello World!! echo. echo.

The above test script can be placed in the IIS server \scripts directory. You can run this script from the following URL, for example:

http://servername/scripts/myscript.cmd

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