New Post: IIS 7.5 application pools startMode="AlwaysRunning" ?

Hello all,

The end game is that I need to set startMode="AlwaysRunning" in ApplicationHost.config:

   <system.applicationHost>
       <applicationPools>
...
           <add name="myAppPool" autoStart="true" startMode="AlwaysRunning">

       </applicationPools>
...

Have dug through the source code of 4.0.5.0 and it appears that the Application pool class in the web administration dll lacks this property?

Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll

[assembly: AssemblyVersion("7.0.0.0")]

[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("6.1.7600.16385")]

    public sealed class ApplicationPool : ConfigurationElement

    {

        public bool AutoStart { get; set; }

        public ApplicationPoolCpu Cpu { get; }

        public bool Enable32BitAppOnWin64 { get; set; }

        public ApplicationPoolFailure Failure { get; }

        public ManagedPipelineMode ManagedPipelineMode { get; set; }

        public string ManagedRuntimeVersion { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public ApplicationPoolProcessModel ProcessModel { get; }

        public long QueueLength { get; set; }

        public ApplicationPoolRecycling Recycling { get; }

        public ObjectState State { get; }

        public WorkerProcessCollection WorkerProcesses { get; }

        public ObjectState Recycle();

        public ObjectState Start();

        public ObjectState Stop();

    }

Does any know how I can set startMode="AlwaysRunning" I tried to find a newer version of Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll but all my servers seem to have this version?

I'm happy to submit a patch once I figure it out.

Kind regards,

Andrew Stone.