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Learning WCF: IIS 7 won’t start service from web project

I'm following along with code in Learning WCF, attempting to quickly become an expert at building WCF Services from scratch. In Chapter 1, there is a project called IISHostedService. After making the quick modifications to the downloaded code, and running the application, IIS 7.0 (Windows 7, 64bit) doesn't serve the services, complaining about adding a MIME type. I thought this was rather fishy, because I've created WCF Services while in school under Windows XP and they ran fine.

It turns out that I didn't have WCF properly setup. To do so, you have to run

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation\servicemodelreg -i

This will provide the following output (which is everything I was missing):

Microsoft(R) Windows Communication Foundation Installation Utility
[Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Communication Foundation, Version 3.0.4506.4926]
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Installing: Machine.config Section Groups and Handlers (WOW64)
Installing: Machine.config Section Groups and Handlers
Installing: System.Web Build Provider (WOW64)
Installing: System.Web Compilation Assemblies (WOW64)
Installing: HTTP Handlers (WOW64)
Installing: HTTP Modules (WOW64)
Installing: System.Web Build Provider
Installing: System.Web Compilation Assemblies
Installing: HTTP Handlers
Installing: HTTP Modules
Installing: Protocol node for protocol net.tcp (WOW64)
Installing: TransportConfiguration node for protocol net.tcp (WOW64)
Installing: ListenerAdapter node for protocol net.tcp
Installing: Protocol node for protocol net.tcp
Installing: TransportConfiguration node for protocol net.tcp
Installing: Protocol node for protocol net.pipe (WOW64)
Installing: TransportConfiguration node for protocol net.pipe (WOW64)
Installing: ListenerAdapter node for protocol net.pipe
Installing: Protocol node for protocol net.pipe
Installing: TransportConfiguration node for protocol net.pipe
Installing: Protocol node for protocol net.msmq (WOW64)
Installing: TransportConfiguration node for protocol net.msmq (WOW64)
Installing: ListenerAdapter node for protocol net.msmq
Installing: Protocol node for protocol net.msmq
Installing: TransportConfiguration node for protocol net.msmq
Installing: Protocol node for protocol msmq.formatname (WOW64)
Installing: TransportConfiguration node for protocol msmq.formatname (WOW64)
Installing: ListenerAdapter node for protocol msmq.formatname
Installing: Protocol node for protocol msmq.formatname
Installing: TransportConfiguration node for protocol msmq.formatname
Installing: HTTP Modules (WAS)
Installing: HTTP Handlers (WAS)

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