HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. App pool stops on accessing website

Question

There are number of posts on this and I have tried many a things by now. But to no avail. Myself a Winforms Developer basically, started working on this Web stuff few days b

Answer 1

Just to add to these Anniversary Update issues (thanks Microsoft) if the file you are missing is cgi.dll, ie your Event Viewer has

The Module DLL C:\WINDOWS\System32\inetsrv\cgi.dll failed to load.  The data is the error.

Then to fix this:

1. Go to IIS Manager
2. Select the very top row in the Connections panel (typically your PC name)
3. At the very bottom of the right panel, under Management, you should have Web Platform Installer
4. Once that loads, select Products
5. In the search type in cgi then hit
6. Select IIS: CGI then click Add on the right and finally Install on the bottom
7. After installing it should force you to restart your PC and you should be fixed.