How to restore a corrupt MetaBase.xml
Anyone who has played around with the MetaBase.xml for IIS will know the sinking feeling that happens when it seems to just corrupt out of no where and IIS wont start again, you may notice in particular a message in the system event log “service-specific error 2149648394 (0x8021080A)“. Well fortunately Microsoft has identified this is a likely occurrence and has carefully supplied a backup of the MetaBase.xml, which is located in:
C:\Windows\System32\Inetsrv\History
To restore a corrupt MetaBase.xml, find the file that is the most up to date (that you’re sure was working) and simply copy it back into:
C:\Windows\System32\Inetsrv
And rename it MetaBase.xml
You should be able to restart IIS without a problem
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