Enable net.pipes in IIS 7 on Windows 7 Professional
I recently went to configure a net pipes service in Windows 7 (Professional 64-bit) and found that it wasn't available. I quickly proceeded to "Turn Windows features on or off", but couldn't find it there either. I eventually found the answer in the Microsoft article WAS Activation Architecture and have simplified the steps below:
- Open %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config with (elevated) notepad
- Find the <listenerAdapters> element
- Add a new <add> element with a name attribute of "net.pipe"
The final element should look like this (assuming you have no other listener adapters enabled):
<listenerAdapters>
<add name="http" />
<add name="net.pipe" />
</listenerAdapters>
Edit: While the above solution enabled net.pipe in the bindings dialog in IIS, it didn't actually enable net pipes in IIS. I did, however, find the correct way of enabling them:
Simply install "Windows Communication Foundation Non-HTTP Activation" from the "Microsoft .NET 3.5.1" section in the "Turn Windows features on or off" dialog.

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