Setting IIS config via appcmd.exe for Load User Profile

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I am attempting to set the config setting for 'Load User Profile' to true via a powershell script using appcmd.exe. After reading through many documents I cannot figure out the correct syntax.

The app pool's name is like 'accountsmanagement.example.com' I have tried variations on the following but all error out:

c:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:applicationPools /accountsmanagement.example.com.processModel.loadUserProfile:true

How do I correctly set the Load User Profile to true via appcmd.exe?

Richard · Answer 1 · 2021-12-16T13:34:18.513

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If you want to purely use PowerShell you can use the following PowerShell command to change the 'Load User Profile' property of an application pool.

Import-Module WebAdministration

Set-ItemProperty "IIS:\AppPools\YourAppPoolName" -Name "processModel.loadUserProfile" -Value "False"

edited Dec 16 '21 at 13:34

answered Feb 18 '16 at 10:02

Richard

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Yes. Thank you for sharing this. Works since Win2008 / IIS 7. – Nathan Feb 24 '16 at 17:18
FYI: WebAdministration module: `Process should have elevated status to access IIS configuration data.` trying to set config from appcmd.exe also requires elavation though. As they should – Jim Wolff Dec 13 '18 at 11:07

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 18 '13 at 21:16

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Try this with quotes.

c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:applicationPools "/[name='accountsmanagement.example.com'].processModel.loadUserProfile:false"

edited Mar 18 '13 at 21:16

tomrozb

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answered Mar 18 '13 at 20:56

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Doesn't this answer set the setting to _false_? The Original Poster wanted the opposite. – David White Mar 10 '16 at 01:09

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 16 '15 at 08:22

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Instead of using appcmd.exe set config you can also use the following

appcmd.exe set apppool "App Pool name here" -processmodel.loaduserprofile:"true"

To show all values that can be set use

appcmd.exe set apppool "App Pool name here" /?

answered Jul 16 '15 at 08:22

Altered-Ego

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Perfect! Thanks! – rtremaine Oct 22 '19 at 14:19

Setting IIS config via appcmd.exe for Load User Profile

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