IISExpress application pool recycle

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liorafar picture liorafar · Mar 1, 2016 · Viewed 7k times · Source

Is there a way to recycle iisexpress application pool?

I open cmd and go to "C:\Program Files\IIS Express"
Then I'm running "appcmd apppool /?" and the list of commands over there lacks the "recycle" option.

The only workaround I've found is to edit the applicationhost.config file. Only then the IISExpress apppool is recycled.

Is there a more elegant way to achieve that?
Thanks

Answer

Lex Li picture Lex Li · Mar 1, 2016

IIS Express does not have application pool support at all, as it is just a single process web server. You can kill the process but it won't automatically start.

True application pool support requires a Windows service like Windows Process Activation Service. Thus, if you do want to test out application pool, use local IIS.

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