Can Visual Studio restart IIS Express on new debugging session?

Question

I have an ASP.Net application that performs some database initialization during Application_Start in Global.asax. I\'m using IIS Express to debug the application.

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Answer 1

You can use a Powershell one-liner to avoid relying on an external app:

powershell -NoProfile -Command (Get-Item "\Web.config").lastwritetime=(Get-Date)

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