Today’s tip is for all of you who want to share the same web.config among all developers in a project so you can check-in and handle changes in your Source Code Control Repository.
EPiServer installation directory and web.config
You might have noticed that the default installation path is different on 32-bit and 64-bit windows. Either you install EPiServer at “C:\Program Files\EPiServer” or “C:\Program Files (x86)\EPiServer”.
This is an issue if you have developers working on a project with both 32 and 64-bit windows since you have references to EPiServer installation directory in Program Files in your web.config.
But it can be easily solved by using a NTFS junction for developers running x64.
Run CMD Shell as an administrator and run:
cd "C:\Program Files"
mklink /j EPiServer "C:\Program Files (x86)\EPiServer"
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there’s also this technique http://jarlef.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/tips-sharing-episerver-projects-between-developers/
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Yes, that would also work.
Personally I would prefer to use the local file system before involving Microsoft Networking and file shares.
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Great tip! I’m still using Windows XP at my current customer. Will try linkd.exe in Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en) as first thing tomorrow!
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I hope it will help you!
One of my projects has one web.config that works for all developers from Windows XP to Windows 7 62-bit and IIS5 to IIS7. It is possible since the production environment is Windows Server 2003 with IIS6 so we run in Classic mode in IIS7.
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