C# Deleting a IIS virtual directory on windows server 2003 gives a COMException

Question

  DirectoryEntry oDirectoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry(virtualDirMetaPath);
  oDirectoryEntry.DeleteTree();

This throws a COMException 0x80005000. Any pointers welcome. Creation of virtual directory is fine. Its only at uninstall I get this error logged in Event Viewver.

Answer 1

How come you're using DirectoryEntry, which is purely ActiveDirectory-related class, to manage IIS virtual directories? See this for pointers.