Site.Stop Method1

Article
06/14/2022

Stops a currently running Web site.

Syntax

oSite.Stop

oSite.Stop();

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

This method is new to the IIS 7 WMI provider and has no counterpart in IIS 6.0.

Example

The following example stops the Web site named IISWebSite.

' Connect to the WMI WebAdministration namespace.  
Set oWebAdmin = GetObject("winmgmts:root\WebAdministration")  
  
' Specify the Web site name.  
Set oSite = oWebAdmin.Get("Site.Name='IISWebSite'")  
  
' Stop the Web site.  
oSite.Stop

To check the state of the Web site after you call the Stop method, use the GetState method.

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