>I think inetinfo.exe is the task you wanted. Maybe w3wp.exe as well.
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>In Computer Management...Services, for each service you can see its properties, including the executable that gets run. The ProcessExplorer download can also show better information on running processes and what they represent.
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>If you get strange errors, you can check your various event logs for errors or warnings. Most useful are usually the System and Application event logs.

Thanks, this is valuable information.

The server has been rebooted and overnight or during the weekend, someone will simulate that same command to see if it works. There might have been something accumulated for weeks on that server which was causing IIS not being able to restart.