Article ID: 190002 - Last Review: June 23, 2005 - Revision: 3.2

CGI and Perl Applications Do Not Run in a New Console

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SYMPTOMS

CGI and Perl applications do not run in a new console.
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WORKAROUND

With the Windows Script Host enabled, start the command prompt and go to the following directory:
<%System_Root%>\System32\Inetsrv\Adminsamples

Then, type the following command:
adsutil set w3svc/CreateCGIWithNewConsole "1"
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MORE INFORMATION

To run CGI applications in Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 and earlier, "CreateProcessWithNewConsole" was added as a REG_DWORD with a value of "1" to the following registry key: 
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters

This method does not work in IIS 4.0.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
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kbprb kbfaq kbpending KB190002
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