How do I fix a messed up IIS 6 install?

Question

Setup: Windows Server 2003 IIS 6

The server dumps out the contents of the FrontPage Server Extensions DLL instead of doing anything useful whenever I do anything related to Server Extensions.

Are there any ways to fix this, short of completely reinstalling the operating system?

Just in case I wasn't clear, this is what I get in the browser:

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Answer 1

Here is an old KB article that describes a similar situation - perhaps the same fix will work for IIS6.

Answer 2

If you're close to an OS reinstall, I'd definitely remove IIS, clear out \inetpub & \system32\inetsrv etc, reboot, & reinstall first. Just for kicks.

Also, this is a pretty solid IIS6 troubleshooting page - because if you're like me, anything you manage to hose once, you'll hose again in a similar way. ;)

Answer 3

Looks like wiping the OS is the most time effective solution in case you haven't spent much work setting up up until now - it should take about an hour and you won't have to attend it most of the time.

Answer 4

For start Just:

control panel => add remove program => add/remove windows components

and nextnextnext throe it. Without changing anything! It does some (don't know what exactly) house keeping.