Application Pools not starting after iisreset

Question

Before I start, I know using iisreset is considered bad practice, but this shouldn\'t happen anyway..

What we have:

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Answer 1

IIS does not immediately start ASP.NET worker processes (w3wp.exe) until the first request comes in. When you say "not started", does it mean you attempt to access some WCF web services (after iisreset), and you get a Service Unavailable error because the appPool cannot be started? Do you see any IIS W3SVC related entries in the Event logs?

If there are, they may be able to clue you in why they cannot start; post them up here.