How to determine if Windows SharePoint Services or if FrontPage Server Extensions is in use in IIS (843345)


The information in this article applies to:

  • FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions from Microsoft
  • FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions from Microsoft
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
This article contains information about opening the registry. Before you open the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For additional information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to determine if either Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services or FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft is installed and is in use on a Web server that is running Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). Sometimes, certain programs may have to programmatically detect if Windows SharePoint Services or if FrontPage Server Extensions is in use. This article describes how to check the registry to determine if either Windows SharePoint Services or FrontPage Server Extensions is in use on a Web server.

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How to determine if Windows SharePoint Services is installed on the Web server

To determine if Windows SharePoint Services is installed on the Web server, follow these steps.

Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. Locate and then click the following registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\6.0

  3. In the right pane, look to see if a SharePoint registry entry that has a value of Installed is listed. If the SharePoint registry entry that has a value of Installed is listed, Windows SharePoint Services is installed on the computer.
  4. Quit Registry Editor.

How to determine if Windows SharePoint Services or if FrontPage Server Extensions is in use

To determine if Windows SharePoint Services or if FrontPage Server Extensions is in use, look to see if the following registry key contains any subkeys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\Ports

To do this, follow these steps.

Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. Locate and then double-click the following registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\Ports

  3. Look to see if the Ports registry key contains any subkeys. If subkeys are present, either Windows SharePoint Services or FrontPage Server Extensions is installed on that virtual server.

    For example, if the Default Web Site in IIS is extended with Windows SharePoint Services or with FrontPage Server Extensions, the Ports registry key contains the following subkey:

    Port /LM/W3SVC/1:

  4. Quit Registry Editor.
For more information about Windows SharePoint Services, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/sharepoint/default.mspx

For more information about FrontPage Server Extensions, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnservext/html/fpovrw.asp

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