ApplicationPool.Recycle Method [IIS 7 and higher]

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

Requires IIS 7 on Windows Vista.

Server

Requires IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008.

Product

IIS 7

MOF file

WebAdministration.mof

See Also

Reference

ApplicationPool Class [IIS 7 and higher]