Start/Stop App Pool IIS6.0 with Powershell or command line

Question

I\'m using IIS 6.0 and looking for a way to stop/start the app pool. I know there is a stop-appPool for powershell in 7.0 but using 6.0. :-( So does anyone have a powersh

Answer 1

If anybody is looking for a purely command-line tool that does not require Powershell, I have created such a thing based on the information contained in these other answers. Since the original question is specifically looking for possible command-line alternatives, I thought I would share it here.

Usage is quite simple:

IIS6AppPool Start DefaultAppPool
IIS6AppPool Stop AppPool #1
IIS6AppPool Recycle Some other app pool

Source and binaries are available on bitbucket. May this save somebody else a few minutes of head scratching.