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RestartWWWService Property

Specifies whether Internet Information Services will be stopped and restarted during installation on a target computer.

Settings

The settings for the RestartWWWService property are:

Setting

Description

False

Internet Information Services will not be stopped and restarted.

True

Internet Information Services will be stopped and restarted.

Remarks

Restarting may be required when deploying an application that replaces Internet Server API (ISAPI) DLLs or ATL Server components that are loaded into memory. ASP.NET components created using Visual Basic or C# do not require a restart when replacing components that are loaded into memory.

Note

If this option is unchecked and a restart is required, the installation will not be completed until the computer is rebooted.

See Also

Reference

Windows Installer Deployment Properties