In IIS 6, go to the Application Pools section, and right-click > Properties on the pool which hosts the ASP.NET application in question. Go to the Performance tab and uncheck “Shutdown worker processes after being idle for:” In IIS 7, go to the Connections pane and find Application Pools, and select Advanced Settings for the … Read more
On Windows Server 2008 this has changed. in %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv you find the appcmd.exe using appcmd list wp you get a list of all the worker processes and which apppool they are serving. You might need to run this in a shell with Administrator privileges.
The article you liked in the other post actually did a really good job of this. Immediate Recycle Web.config changes Machine.config changes Global.asax changes Bin directory changes App_Code changes Delayed Recycle Can occur with multiple changes in other locations, typically, I’ve only noticed this with changes to .aspx or .cs/.vb files though. Adding temporary text, … Read more
With the WebAdministration module loaded try this on a pool that you’ve created: Set-ItemProperty IIS:\AppPools\<pool_name> managedRuntimeVersion v4.0
Here we go: HttpRuntime.UnloadAppDomain();
I mean if it’s a “good” thing then why it is not “on” by default and why is it there after all? IIS 6 never loaded user profiles. I would assume this is off by default to keep the behavior consistent, and an administrator has to opt-in to it. I tried to enable LoadUserProfile for … Read more
Yes, setting the idle timeout value to zero will disable idle timeouts. Oddly this isn’t documented in the MS docs but my evidence for this arises from: IIS Settings Schema If you have a look at the IIS settings schema in: C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\schema\IIS_schema.xml The schema definition for idleTimeout under <sectionSchema name=”system.applicationHost/applicationPools”> it looks like: <attribute name=”idleTimeout” … Read more
Application pools allow you to isolate your applications from one another, even if they are running on the same server. This way, if there is an error in one app, it won’t take down other applications. Additionally, applications pools allow you to separate different apps which require different levels of security. Here’s a good resource: … Read more