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title: "Error Unable to Open IIS W2SVC Root Object when installing RapidIdentity Exchange Agent"
slug: "error-unable-to-open-iis-w2svc-root-object-when-installing-rapididentity-exchange-agent"
updated: 2022-09-23T17:43:45Z
published: 2022-09-23T17:43:45Z
canonical: "help.rapididentity.com/error-unable-to-open-iis-w2svc-root-object-when-installing-rapididentity-exchange-agent"
---

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# Error Unable to Open IIS W2SVC Root Object when installing RapidIdentity Exchange Agent

I am receiving the following error when trying to install the RapidIdentity Exchange Agent

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4d958006-b877-42af-8de5-00e3bb7fe41d/Images/Documentation/image%28167%29.png)

Please follow this [help article](/v1/docs/configuring-iis-for-rapididentity-exchange-agent) to fully configure IIS prior to installing RapidIdentity Exchange Agent.