Unloading an Application from Memory
In Commerce Server, each site is an application under Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0. After you change the value of a property in Commerce Server Manager, you must unload the IIS applications from memory on each Web server in order for the change to take effect. The caches created by the Commerce Server global.asa are released; when the next user visits your site, the resource properties are read again and loaded into the cache.
Unloading an application from memory is different from restarting IIS or using the IISReset command. You can unload an application without stopping the Web server.
You must unload an application from memory after performing any of the following tasks:
Configure a global resource
Configure a site resource
Configure App Default Config
Configure an applicaton
Rename an application
When you make changes to the CS Authentication resource, however, you must restart IIS. For instructions, see Restarting IIS.
To unload an application from memory
In Internet Information Services snap-in, select the root of the IIS Web site, or the Starting Point directory of the application.
Right-click the directory (for example, Default Web Site), click Properties, and then click the Home Directory tab.
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- If the **Unload** button is not available, you are not in the starting point directory for the application or the application is already unloaded.
Click Unload.
The following message may appear: "Unloading this application will unload all applications in the application pool. Are you sure you want to continue?"
Click Yes if the message was displayed.
The application is unloaded from memory. The next time a user visits your Web site, the new property values are read when the application is loaded into memory.