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I have a web application directory (subsite of the main - default website). I want to update the Alias that I originally chose. How do I do it in IIS7?

In the file mentioned by Coding Gorilla I see

<application path="/SiteAlias" applicationPool="DefaultAppPool">

and

 <location path="Default Web Site/SiteAlias">

do I need to update both of these?

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Can you define "Alias"? – Coding Gorilla Oct 7 '11 at 19:09
http://site/alias Essentially its what I would call the alias to access the virtual directory. Though, I'm not sure if virtual directories exist anymore in IIS7. – P.Brian.Mackey Oct 7 '11 at 19:18
Ok, so you just want to change the directory name. Are you wanting to do this with the IIS console or do you not have that access? (And yes, they still exist) – Coding Gorilla Oct 7 '11 at 19:27
I typically use start > run > inetmgr – P.Brian.Mackey Oct 7 '11 at 19:32
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You can't actually do this thru the IIS Manager console, but what you can do is edit the C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config' file. Find the relatednode and update thepath` attribute.

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Ah,that's pretty disappointing that it can't be done through the GUI. – P.Brian.Mackey Oct 7 '11 at 19:52
Yea, I thought you could as well, but I tried and wasn't able. – Coding Gorilla Oct 7 '11 at 19:53
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