ApplicationPool.Recycle Method2

Article
05/20/2022

Recycles an application pool.

Syntax

objApplicationPool.Recycle

ApplicationPool.Recycle();

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

Before you can use the Recycle method, you must start the application pool.

This method corresponds to the IIsApplicationPool.Recycle method in IIS 6.0.

Example

The following example recycles the application pool named DefaultAppPool.

' Connect to the WMI WebAdministration namespace.  
Set oWebAdmin = GetObject("winmgmts:root\WebAdministration")  
  
' Specify the application pool.  
Set oAppPool = oWebAdmin.Get("ApplicationPool.Name='DefaultAppPool'")  
  
' Recycle the application pool.  
oAppPool.Recycle

Requirements

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0
MOF file	WebAdministration.mof