Can you modify the web.config and NOT restart the ASP.NET application?

asp.net web-config appdomain application-pool application-restart
John B picture John B · Jan 28, 2010 · Viewed 50.4k times · Source

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How to prevent an ASP.NET application restarting when the web.config is modified?

Was just thinking about uptime. Thanks.

Answer

SLaks picture SLaks · Jan 28, 2010

Yes, you can; see this answer.

However, it is not a good idea.
Until ASP.Net restarts the AppDomain, it will not look at web.config.
If you change web.config, your changes will have no effect until the AppDomain is restarted.

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