Restarting Web Services and Scheduled Tasks with a Batch File

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The following instructions and batch file allow you to schedule IIS to restart on a daily basis at 1:00A.M. It will also keep a log to show when the services were stopped and started in your %SystemRoot% folder. By modifying the remark (REM) sections of the batch file you can specify other commands to run while IIS is stopped.

1. Log on to the Windows NT computer as an administrator.
2. Make sure that the Task Scheduler service is set to automatically run by performing the following steps:
   
   
   1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Services.
   2. Scroll to "Task Scheduler."
   3. If the status does not say running, then click the Start button.
   4. Click the Startup button.
   5. Make sure the Startup Type is set to Automatic, and then click OK.
   6. Click Close to exit the Services dialog box.
3. Open a command prompt session and type the following command:
   

   at 1:00am /every:M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su "restart.bat"

4. Save the following text as a batch file named Restart.bat in your path:

      @echo off
      cls
      echo RESTART - A restart utility for IIS web services.
      echo June 1998, Microsoft Corporation.
      echo ****************************************>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo Stop Date/Time:>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo. | date | find /i "current">>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo. | time | find /i "current">>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo.>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo Stopping Web Services...
      echo.
   
      set MSFTPSVC=0
      set NNTPSVC=0
      set SMTPSVC=0
      set W3SVC=0
      set BROKSVC=0
      set LDAPSVC=0
      set MSGBLDSVC=0
      set IISERROR=0
   
      :MSFTPSVC
      net start | find /i "FTP Publishing Service">NUL
      if errorlevel==1 goto NNTPSVC
      set MSFTPSVC=1
   
      :NNTPSVC
      net start | find /i "Microsoft NNTP Service">NUL
      if errorlevel==1 goto SMTPSVC
      set NNTPSVC=1
   
      :SMTPSVC
      net start | find /i "Microsoft SMTP Service">NUL
      if errorlevel==1 goto W3SVC
      set SMTPSVC=1
   
      :W3SVC
      net start | find /i "World Wide Web Publishing Service">NUL
      if errorlevel==1 goto BROKSVC
      set W3SVC=1
   
      :BROKSVC
      net start | find /i "Site Server Authentication Service">NUL
      if errorlevel==1 goto LDAPSVC
      set BROKSVC=1
   
      :LDAPSVC
      net start | find /i "Site Server LDAP Service">NUL
      if errorlevel==1 goto MSGBLDSVC
      set LDAPSVC=1
   
      :MSGBLDSVC
      net start | find /i "Site Server Message Builder Service">NUL
      if errorlevel==1 goto STOPIIS
      set MSGBLDSVC=1
   
      :STOPIIS
      net stop iisadmin /y>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      if errorlevel==1 goto STOPERROR
      goto STOPPED
   
      :STOPERROR
      REM ********************
      REM * Put any desired error-handling commands here.
      REM * For example, if you have the NT Resource Kit,
      REM * you could use the following command to stop
      REM * IIS down the hard way:
      REM *     KILL.EXE INETINFO.EXE
      REM ********************
      set IISERROR=1
   
      :STOPPED
      REM ********************
      REM * Put any desired commands to run while IIS is stopped here.
      REM * For example, if you have the Windows NT Resource Kit,
      REM * you could use the following command to pause
      REM * the restart for one minute:
      REM *     SLEEP.EXE 60
      REM ********************
   
      :STARTIIS
      echo -------------------->>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo Start Date/Time:>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo. | date | find /i "current">>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo. | time | find /i "current">>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo.>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo Starting web services...
      echo.
   
      if %W3SVC%==0 goto NOW3SVC
      net start W3SVC>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      if errorlevel==1 set IISERROR=1
   
      :NOW3SVC
      if %MSFTPSVC%==0 goto NOMSFTPSVC
      net start MSFTPSVC>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      if errorlevel==1 set IISERROR=1
   
      :NOMSFTPSVC
      if %NNTPSVC%==0 goto NONNTPSVC
      net start NNTPSVC>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      if errorlevel==1 set IISERROR=1
   
      :NONNTPSVC
      if %SMTPSVC%==0 goto NOSMTPSVC
      net start SMTPSVC>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      if errorlevel==1 set IISERROR=1
   
      :NOSMTPSVC
      if %BROKSVC%==0 goto NOBROKSVC
      net start BROKSVC>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      if errorlevel==1 set IISERROR=1
   
      :NOBROKSVC
      if %LDAPSVC%==0 goto NOLDAPSVC
      net start LDAPSVC>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      if errorlevel==1 set IISERROR=1
   
      :NOLDAPSVC
      if %LDAPSVC%==0 goto NOMSGBLDSVC
      net start MSGBLDSVC>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      if errorlevel==1 set IISERROR=1
   
      :NOMSGBLDSVC
      if %IISERROR%==0 goto EXIT
   
      :ERROR
      echo RESTART ERROR...>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo One or more of the services could not be
      restarted.>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
      echo Please check the Event Viewer logs for more
      information.>>%SystemRoot%\restart.log
   
      REM ********************
      REM * Put any desired error-handling commands here.
      REM * For example, if you have the Windows NT Resource Kit,
      REM * you could use the following command to restart
      REM * the server in two minutes:
      REM *     SHUTDOWN.EXE /L /R /T:120 /Y
      REM ********************
   
      :EXIT
      set MSFTPSVC=
      set NNTPSVC=
      set SMTPSVC=
      set W3SVC=
      set BROKSVC=
      set LDAPSVC=
      set MSGBLDSVC=
      set IISERROR=