Recycle Dialog Box

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

Use the Recycle dialog box in IIS Manager to start, stop, recycle (stop and start) or unload the application domain for a Web site or Web application. Select the option that corresponds to the behavior that you want, then press OK.

UI Elements

Element Name Description

Start application pool

Starts the application pool of the selected Web site or application. All applications in the application pool will be available.

Stop application pool

Stops the application pool of the selected Web site or application. All applications in the application pool will be unavailable. All requests to applications in the application pool will return HTTP 503 Service Unavailable error messages until the application pool is restarted.

Recycle application pool

Recycles (stops and starts) the application pool of the selected Web site or application. Applications in the application pool will be temporarily unavailable until the recycle completes.

Unload application domain

Unloads the ASP.NET application domain for the selected Web site or application.

See Also

Other Resources

Application Pools Page
Managing Worker Processes and AppDomains in IIS 7 with WMI