Appcmd.exe

Appcmd.exe is a new command line tool included with IIS 7.0. It exposes most of the Web server management tasks through a single intuitive command line interface. This tool replaces a host of command line tools and scripts provided in IIS 6.0 to perform key management scenarios.

Appcmd enables a Web server administrator to do the following from the command line:

  1. Add and configure Web sites, applications, virtual directories, and application pools

  2. Install, enable, and configure Web server modules

  3. Start and stop sites and recycle application pools

  4. View currently running worker processes and list requests that are currently executing

  5. Search, list, and manipulate IIS and ASP.NET configuration

  6. Configure Failed Request Tracing (FRT) settings

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