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How to change an IIS application’s AppPool in IIS 6.1 (Windows 7)

I find Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager v6.1 that ships with Windows 7 extremely difficult to use.  It’s good looking, but the usability is terrible.  I can never find what I’m looking for.

I installed DotNetNuke this morning and wanted to play around.  For the life of me I could not find where to change the application’s App Pool.  This is very straightforward in previous versions, but this seems very hidden to me in v6.1.  The only way I found to do it is to click on the “Basic Settings” in the Actions panel on the far right:

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From there, you get a familiar dialog

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Wow that was frustrating.  I was literally spent 30 minutes hunting through the help file and Google’ing but found nothing.  I really wish I could have the old IIS Manager back.  Ever since Vista, this thing has been impossible to use :(

Print | posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 6:26 AM | Filed Under [ windows ]

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