Precompile an ASP.NET Web site in place

To precompile an ASP.NET Web site in place

1. Open a command window and navigate to the folder containing the .NET Framework.

   The .NET Framework is installed in the following location.

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   %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\version
   

2. Run the aspnet_compiler command by typing the following at a command prompt.

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   aspnet_compiler -v /virtualPath
   

   The virtualPath parameter indicates the Internet Information Services (IIS) virtual path of your Web site.

   If your Web site is not an IIS application, and therefore has no entry in the IIS metabase, type the following command at a command prompt.

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   aspnet_compiler -p physicalOrRelativePath -v /
   

   In this case, the physicalOrRelativePath parameter refers to the fully qualified directory path in which the Web site files are located, or a path relative to the current directory. The period (.) operator is allowed in the physicalOrRelativePath parameter. The -v switch specifies a root that the compiler will use to resolve application-root references (for example, with the tilde (~) operator). When you specify the value / for the -v switch, the compiler will resolve the paths by using the physical path as the root.