The term 'appcmd' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

Question

I'm getting the following error message:

The term 'appcmd' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:7

Answer 1

Appcmd.exe exists at the location %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\. You either need to update your PATH variable to add the path %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\ like

SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\ 

or you can use Set-Location to first go to the location of Appcmd.exe like

Set-Location %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\ 

and then run you command.

OR you can use the following:

c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe

Answer 2

I think the user has the same problem I did: %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\ was empty on my machine.

You need to "Turn Windows features on and off", and then select "IIS Management Scripts and Tools" under "Internet Information Services"->"Web Management Tools".