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w3pwp.exe

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BobNorris

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Jan 27, 2007
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Hi,

What is w3pwp.exe and does it need to be running? Seems like its a memory hog
 
if I am not mistaken this manages the Application Pool in IIS. If you are running web based applications on IIS it is required. If it is taking up more and more memory as opposed to staying static, then you may need to recycle IIS or reboot the server. You may also want to talk to whoever installed the application on the server to begin with. Hope this helps.
 
correct.
IIS 6.0 now supports application pools, which are groupings of applications that will share a single worker process, named w3pwp.exe

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