With IIS5 you can use

iisreset /restart

>>Hi
>>
>>I'm testing a vfp component, on my web server.
>>When I try to recompile the dll, a message say "acces file denied"
>>I need to restart the computer, then work
>>How can I download the dll from memory? It this the problem?
>>I'm using vfp6 sp5 and w2k pro with IIS
>>I read conversation #559554 but unregister the dll doesn't work
>>
>>TIA
>
>Either do what the other reply suggests or simply stop/restart the web server instead of rebooting.
>
>To stop it enter this on the Start->Run dialog: net stop iisadmin /y
>To start it: net start w3svc
>
>This works on IIS4, should work on IIS5 too. HTH