Url rewrite does not install on windows 10 IIS 10

Question

I need the Url Rewrite module on my IIS But it does not install and says that I need at least IIS7

Answer 1

Link: Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS (x64)

After installing it you will notice a new icon in IIS for URL Rewrite:

and you will be able to use rewrite tag in your web.config

Answer 2

Because it took me hours to find the problem, I am posting this solution to my own answer so it will save someone else this work.

In short you have to change the major version of the IIS via the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InetStp\MajorVersion to 9 during installation and then back to 10 afterwards.

Solution is from: https://forums.iis.net/t/1223556.aspx

Answer 3

the newer version supports win10 out of the box: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47337

Answer 4

Additionally, entering your username and password in the "Specific user: " field found in Default Web Site --> Right click Virtual Database Folder --> Advanced settings --> Physical Path Credentials --> Specific user: helped me like in this link that helped me as well. The top answer after following these directions from this forum and the original forum provided in the hyperlink helped me get my local host directory to work.

Answer 5

Issue: For me the link provide, failed to install URl Rewrite 2.1 on windows server 2016, IIS 10.0

Fix: Instead of this i have followed below steps which works perfectly.

• Download Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS (x64)
• Follow the steps mentioned in Setting up an HTTP/HTTPS redirect in IIS

Answer 6

I found the downloads at the bottom for 2.1 work without any registry hacks: https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite

I would prefer this as an option you can select from the roles, but who knows...