Is there a way to add a virtual directory to Visual Studio Development Server?

Question

I'm using the Visual Studio Development Server, with a specific port. Is there a way to add a virtual directory to it?

EDIT:

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I'd like to be able to add one or more virtual directories to arbitrary physical directories. For instance: http://localhost/c_drive/ would map to C:\, http://localhost:/d_drive/ would map to D:\, etc.

Answer 1

The Visual Studio Development Server is codenamed Cassini.

From ASP.NET 2.0: A Getting Started Guide

Cassini doesn't support virtual directories, security settings,  or any of IIS's other fancy features; it's just a very simple web server  that gives you the basics you need to get up and running. 

I am using the IIS which is included with Windows XP Pro. It only allows one website without tweaking but does have virtual directories. If you are on Vista, you can setup multiple sites in IIS from what I have heard.

Answer 2

Yes, you can specify a virtual path such as /foo instead of / in the properties of your project:

Answer 3

The closest you can get to virtual directories in the Visual Studio Development Server is by using OS symlinks to map a directoty outside of the Web site root to a path within the root
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link

Answer 4

Yes, you can provide a physical path by launching it through command line

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\9.0\Webdev.WebServer.exe /port:9081 /path:C:\temp\vdir 

just do /? for a list of command line options