How do you start/stop IIS 7 app pool from cmd line if there are spaces in the app pool name?

Question

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732742(WS.10).aspx

The above URL describes how to start/stop an IIS 7 app pool. However, I have spaces in my app pool name. Double-quotes doesn't work. Ideas?

C:\Windows>C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd stop apppool /apppool.name: My Ap
p Services
Failed to process input: The parameter 'App' must begin with a / or - (HRESULT=8
0070057).

C:\Windows>C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd stop apppool /apppool.name: "My A
pp Services"
ERROR ( message:The attribute "apppool.name" is not supported in the current com
mand usage. )

Answer 1

Type appcmd list apppool, and use exactly what it lists there in your appcmd start apppool /apppool.name:

Names with spaces should be escaped with double quotes. For example:

%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\inetsrv\appcmd stop apppool /apppool.name:"My App Services"

Post the exact command you're trying to run ; perhaps you missed the colon or there's another problem with the syntax?

Edit - you're adding a space between the colon and the first double-quote. Remove that space, use the double-quote, and see what happens.

Answer 2

The quotation marks do seem to work, however it's the space after the colon that seems to be the issue (as noted by mfinni). Here are some samples and their outputs:

c:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd start apppool /apppool.name: "Classic .NET AppPool"
ERROR ( message:The attribute "apppool.name" is not supported in the current command usage. )

c:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd start apppool /apppool.name:"Classic .NET AppPool"
"Classic .NET AppPool" successfully started.

Answer 3

Try without space after colon
It succedded for me
Even if there is space in app pool name try it with double quotes
Sample 01: appcmd start apppool /apppool.name:"ASP.NET V2.0"
Sample 02: appcmd start apppool /apppool.name:MyAppPool

Answer 4

in new versions of IIS you should pass apppool and site name in below format:

%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd stop site "app_name"
%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd stop apppool "apppool_name"

// update website's files

%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd start apppool "apppool_name"
%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd start site "app_name"