The term 'appcmd' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

Question

I\'m getting the following error message:

The term \'appcmd\' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. C

Answer 1

Open command prompt as administrator, and try....

cd c:\windows\system32\inetsrv

then type

appcmd 

see my example below

vote up if it works for you : D

Answer 2

I don't like to manually play with PATH or system env. The portable solution is to use the full path and name of the command:

For example, to recycle an app pool:

%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe recycle apppool /apppool.name:"my website app pool name"

Answer 3

I had the same issue and resolved it by doing the following:

$systemRoot = [environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("systemroot")
Set-Location $systemRoot\system32\inetsrv
.\appcmd

Answer 4

Appcmd.exe exists at the location %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\. You either need to udpate your PATH variable to add the path %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\ like

SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\

or you can use Set-Location to first go to the location of Appcmd.exe like

Set-Location %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\

and then run you command.

Answer 5

I think the user has the same problem I did: %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\ was empty on my machine.

You need to "Turn Windows features on and off", and then select "IIS Management Scripts and Tools" under "Internet Information Services"->"Web Management Tools".

Answer 6

To view your current environment paths:

$Env:Path

To add the APPCMD path:

$Env:Path += ";C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\"

This should allow you to use your APPCMD command e.g.:

Appcmd Set Config /Section:RequestFiltering /AllowHighBitCharacters:True