title: Creating virtual directories in IIS express
body: <p>Is there any way to create a virtual directory in IIS express? I know that Cassini can't do this and it would be nice to be able to do this without using a full version of IIS.</p>
  
  <p>I've got it so far that I can browse to my application locally in IIS express like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://localhost:1132/" rel="noreferrer">http://localhost:1132/</a></p>
  
  <p>What I would like to do is create a virtual directory called "OffSiteStuff" and point it to some location on my C drive, like "c:\offsitestuff" and then browse to items in that folder like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://localhost:1132/OffSiteStuff/UserUploadedImage.jpg" rel="noreferrer">http://localhost:1132/OffSiteStuff/UserUploadedImage.jpg</a></p>
  
  <p>I know I could do this with a folder within my site and still use IIS Express, or, for that matter plain old Cassini, but this folder will store images uploaded by users and I really don't want to have these images mixed up with application files.</p>
  
  <p>The other, "go big" solution is to deploy the site onto a full blown Server 2008 IIS 7.5 instance every time I want to debug the features that use offsite content, but that is a bit cumbersome too.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way I can do this in the <code>&lt;System.WebServer /&gt;</code> Web config element?</p>