Start/Stop App Pool IIS6.0 with Powershell or command line

Question

I'm using IIS 6.0 and looking for a way to stop/start the app pool. I know there is a stop-appPool for powershell in 7.0 but using 6.0. :-( So does anyone have a powershell script or another command line exe that will stop/start the app pool?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Ok here it is, I just add a switch to stop the app pool else it starts since no harm in starting an app pool that is already started:

param([string]$appPoolName, [switch]$stop)

$appPool = get-wmiobject -namespace "root\MicrosoftIISv2" -class "IIsApplicationPool" | where-object {$_.Name -eq "W3SVC/AppPools/$appPoolName"}

if($appPool)
{
   if($stop)
   {
      $appPool.Stop()
   }
   else
   {
      $appPool.Start()
   }
}

Answer 2

If anybody is looking for a purely command-line tool that does not require Powershell, I have created such a thing based on the information contained in these other answers. Since the original question is specifically looking for possible command-line alternatives, I thought I would share it here.

Usage is quite simple:

IIS6AppPool Start DefaultAppPool
IIS6AppPool Stop AppPool #1
IIS6AppPool Recycle Some other app pool

Source and binaries are available on bitbucket. May this save somebody else a few minutes of head scratching.