How do I restart IIS via command prompt?

Type iisreset and press ↵ Enter This resets all the websites and services on your server It should only take a few minutes, but nobody will

Iisreset does not have any options to deal with individual sites command line, but since I stumbled here and there were a few

iisreset command Using a command line If you want to stop IIS first, and then start it again, type iisreset restart and press ENTER See Also IIS Manager UI

iisreset command line or from Windows from a DOS command line To stop IIS, at the DOS command prompt, type, iisreset stop To restart it, type