Word Wide Web Publishing service keeps stopping

Abdurazaaq M 1

I need some help. My Word Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) keeps stopping and I have to start manually.

I am running IIS(version 10.0.19041.1) on Windows 10. My IIS server keeps stopping when the service is stopped.

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Sam Wu-MSFT 7,536 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-06-30T05:55:06.007+00:00
@Abdurazaaq M

Did you get any error message?

First verify that the World Wide Web Publishing Service is not disabled. The World Wide Web Publishing Service is disabled or missing.

or you can try to kill the service from administrative command prompt using below command and then restart the IIS.

Taskkill /F /FI "SERVICES eq W3SVC"

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Abdurazaaq M 1 Reputation point

2021-07-04T11:58:20.117+00:00

This is the error i keep getting. I start the World Wide Web publishing service but it keeps being turned to disabled after some time. I wonder if something is triggering this. Any thoughts?
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Sam Wu-MSFT 7,536 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-05T09:32:40.103+00:00
Hi @Abdurazaaq M

You can also try this solution to solve the error:

Run -> appwiz.cpl -> Turn windows features on or off -> Uncheck "Internet Information Services" and "Windows Process Activation Service"

Restart your machine.

Run -> appwiz.cpl -> install both "Internet Information Services" and "Windows Process Activation Service"

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Abdurazaaq M 1 Reputation point

2021-07-05T14:39:44.507+00:00

Thank you so much for the support.

However, I am still experiencing the same issue. I don't know what the cause could be.

Any further assistance would be highly appreciated.

Sam Wu-MSFT 7,536 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-06T03:14:45.373+00:00

@Abdurazaaq M Go to services.msc -> Check World Wide Web Publishing Service -> if disabled, right-click change the Startup type to Automatic -> Start the service.

Abdurazaaq M 1 Reputation point

2021-07-06T04:14:46.613+00:00

Hello @Sam Wu-MSFT I have tried that already and it keeps automatically getting disabled. That's the main concern.

The main concern is the service being turned to disabled automatically. I don't know what is triggering this.

Sam Wu-MSFT 7,536 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-06T09:25:24.753+00:00

@Abdurazaaq M Check if there are related error messages in the Event Viewer.
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evilavatar 1 Reputation point

2021-07-27T15:45:50.413+00:00

Are you having the issue on windows 10? I have had it reported and am looking into it it might be related to a windows 10 update.
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Abdurazaak mujuzi 1 Reputation point

2021-07-27T15:54:51.693+00:00

Yes it's happening on windows 10
Thank you for looking into it. Keep me posted with any updates.

Abdurazaak mujuzi 1 Reputation point

2021-08-02T05:41:50.03+00:00

Yes windows 10
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Eddie Lam 1 Reputation point

2022-01-31T18:02:05.933+00:00

I experienced the same problem, i am running with windows server 2019, I have bulked generation of 10000 webdav applications, it runs normally in windows server 2008, however, after migrated to windows server 2019, the WAS and W3SVC service is keep stopping after start the webdav and website.
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Richard Gibbons 1 Reputation point

2022-02-25T13:55:26.48+00:00

I'm having the same issue. Just curious if you were able to resolve this problem and if so, would you mind sharing how you did it?

Eddie Lam 1 Reputation point

2022-02-26T12:56:31.173+00:00

still now fixed yet, I use powershell script with a for loop to change parameters of web applications by using set-webconfigurationproperty, it is getting slower and slower after 5000 applications, the website even cannot start after 10000 web applications created.
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