JSI Tip 4233. How can I administer IIS from a command prompt?

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 308622 contains the following summary:

The following article describes how to perform administrative tasks in Internet Information Services (IIS) from the command prompt. There are several tools that aid in the performance of administrative tasks. In this article, these tasks are categorized into three separate task groups; however, all tasks are performed from a command prompt by a user that is a member of the Administrator group in the DriveLetter:\Inetpub\AdminScripts folder.

Note : To open a command prompt to perform any of the tasks that are described in this article:

1.	Click Start , click Run , type cmd , and then click OK .
2.	Type cd Inetpub\AdminScripts and then press ENTER.