Powershell Script – Recycle Specific Application Pool

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Introduction

The following script will restart application pool of IIS based on user input. User will just select the number which application pool to restart. Very good on demand usage script

 
Import-Module WebAdministration -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
$pooltable = @{} 
$pools = gci iis:\apppools 
$i = 0  
Write-Host "Select Application Pool to Restart"
Write-Host ""  
foreach ($a in $pools )
{
$pool = $a.Name
$i += 1
$pooltable.Add($i, $pool)
Write-Host "$i > To restart app pool : $pool "
} 
Write-Host "" 
$answer = read-host "Enter # of Application Pool to Restart " 
if ($answer)
{     
	foreach ($h in $pooltable.GetEnumerator()) 
	{   
		$key = $h.Name
		$val = $h.Value  
			if ($key -eq $answer)
			{
			Write-Host "Restarting : $val"            
			Restart-WebAppPool $val         
			}  
	}
}   
Write-Host "Complete" -ForegroundColor Magenta 
Write-Host ""

Save the script into a powershell script file and execute. Script will prompt user which application pool to restart. User can input the desired index number pointing to tha application pool