Help stopping aspnet_wp.exe

[VB Programmer]

Is aspnet_wp a service that can be stopped/restarted? Or, do I have to kill
it through Task Mgr? If so, how do I restart it?

Thanks.

 

[VB Programmer]

By the way, I can not restart IIS because there are other websites running
on the server.

 

[Chris Moore]

the aspnet_wp is not a service that can be stopped or restarted. When IIS receives a request for a web application, it passes control to an ISAPI filter
(aspnet_isapi.dll). This then spawns a worker process (aspnet_wp) that executes the application within the CLR.

If you kill the WP from Task manager, another one will be started automatically when IIS receives another request for a web application.

HTH,
Chris
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[VB Programmer]

Thanks!

the aspnet_wp is not a service that can be stopped or restarted. When IIS

receives a request for a web application, it passes control to an ISAPI
filter

(aspnet_isapi.dll). This then spawns a worker process (aspnet_wp) that

executes the application within the CLR.

If you kill the WP from Task manager, another one will be started

automatically when IIS receives another request for a web application.