Identify Worker Process ID in w3wp.exe IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0

To know more about IIS Request Process, here is one of my aticle How IIS Process ASP.NET Request

Identify Worker Process in IIS 6.0

• Start > Run > Cmd

• Go To Windows > System32

• Run cscript iisapp.vbs

• You will get the list of Running Worker ProcessID and the Application Pool Name.

So, here is your list of all worker process with corresponding application pool name. From the Application pool name you can easily identify which worker process is related with your application.

Identify Worker Process in IIS 7.0

From IIS 7.0 you need you to run IIS Command Tool ( appcmd ) .

• Start > Run > Cmd


• Go To Windows > System32 > Inetsrv


• Run appcmd list wp






This will show you list worker process that is running on IIS 7.0 in the similar format of IIS 6.0

The Abhijit Jana's Technical blog has explain this more clearly, please check here for more details:

http://abhijitjana.net/2010/07/15/identifying-worker-process-w3wp-exe-iis-6-0-and-iis-7-0-for-debugging-asp-net-application/

http://abhijitjana.net/2010/11/04/how-to-use-iis-manager-to-get-worker-processes-w3wp-exe-details-information/

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/125113/How-to-use-IIS-Manager-to-get-Worker-Processes-w3w