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Microsoft Web Platform Installer was a tool for automating the installation of products pertaining to the Microsoft Web Platform. It reached end of life on Dec 31, 2022, so don't use it any more.

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) was a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer easy.

The Web PI also made it easy to install and run the most popular free web applications for blogging, content management and more with the built-in Windows Web Application Gallery.

It was available from Microsoft. But on Dec 31, 2022 it reached end of life and pulled down by Microsoft.

Modern alternatives are Windows Package Manager/winget, Chocolatey/choco, or others.

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Web deploy in Visual Studio 2010 - web management service is missing

I'm setting up a new server on Windows 2008 (x64) with IIS 7.5. I have installed Web Deploy 2.1 from the Web Platform Installer. But the server is missing the Web Management Service, and as a result any web deploy fails with this message: Error 1…
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PHP Manager for IIS fails to install

I am trying to install PHP on IIS 8. Every time I start the PHP installation, PHP installs but I get the follow error:
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How best to install MVC 3 on a server?

Now that MVC 3 Tools Update has been released, that's all I see on the Web Platform Installer -- I no longer see MVC 3? Is this because the Tools Update is essentially MVC 3 PLUS enhancements to the development environment? Presumably, none of…
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Where does Windows Platform Installer (WPI) save the downloaded files in my computer?

I have a network with one server that is connected to the internet and some clients that are not. I want to download and install Microsoft products on my server first and let the client computers download the installer later from the server. The…
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How to uninstall a Web Platform Installer (WPI) application?

I have looked all around the internet, and can't seem to figure out how to uninstall a WPI application. I accidentally installed something thinking it was something else, and now I can't uninstall it.
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PHP Manager - Downloaded file failed signature verification

What I am trying to do I am trying to install PHP, including PHP manager for Windows Server 2016 via Web platform installer running as a VM under Hyper-V but am receiving an error with the installation of the PHP Manager for IIS. Error Message PHP…
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What is "IIS 7 Recommended Configuration" in Web Platform Installer 3.0?

Just installed the new IIS Express today and saw that the Web Platform Installer also has the option to install "IIS 7 Recommended Configuration". But I couldn't actually figure out anywhere what it does? Anyone using it?
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"Missing web components" error when opening MVC3 project in Visual Studio 11 Beta

When I open a solution containing an MVC3 project in Visual Studio 11 Beta, I see the following message: The Web project 'Landboss.Web' requires missing web components to run with Visual Studio. Would you like to download and install them using …
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Why does Web Platform Installer not recognize that SP1 is already installed for VS2010?

I updated Microsoft Web Platform Installer (WPI) to v3.1 today in order to install MVC 3 Tools Update. I noticed that Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is not marked as "Installed", but I had already installed it via WPI last week. Does anyone know if this is…
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Why can I not install ASPNET MVC2 from the Web Platform Installer? (Error: "requires VS2008 SP1", but SP1 is installed!)

I went to http://www.asp.net/mvc/ to try to install ASP.NET MVC. I didn't know, but MVC is now at version 2. There's a nifty thing called the Microsoft "Web Platform Installer" (WPI) which basically is a small installer-driver tool that presents a…
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Does Web Platform Installer support automation?

I wonder if I can automate WPI actions to setup a dev box in unattended mode, either with command line options or a configuration file. It looks like WPI takes a "URL" as a command line parameter but I have no idea what format the response should be…
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system.webServer/fastCgi/application not working in web.config

How do I register an IIS FastCGI application in a MSDeploy's web.config file as documented? I'm trying to build a simple test MS Web Deploy package installable by the Web Platform Installer via a custom feed. I'm trying to register a FastCGI…
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Error on Installation of MVC3 at Windows 7 -32 Bit Operating System

I want to run MVC 3 on my Windows 7 32 Bit machine. I have Visual Studio 2010 and I can create ASP.NET MVC2 projects there. But now, I want to install MVC 3 in my machine. So, I tried the online installation using Web Platform Installer from…
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How to create a setup for a web application with Web Platform Installer

I have a large Web Application ( ErPwith 11 subsystem) and I want tocreate a setup for itwith Microsoft WebPI. Currently We send our application for customers once a week (for weekly updates). We usefollowing tools in this application, So How to…
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Web Platform Installer: Python Installer - Downloaded file failed signature verification and may have been tampered with

I'm trying to install WFastCGI 2.1 Gateway for IIS and Python 3.4 via the Web Platform Installer in Microsoft Server Manager's IIS Manager. Python Installer fails with the error: "This product did not install successfully: Downloaded file failed…
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