How To Enable A 32-bit Application Pool In IIS 7

How To Enable A 32-bit Application Pool In IIS 7 (VPS or Dedicated Server)

 

1. Once logged into your server, open IIS Manager. You can do this by clicking your Windows Start button and entering "inetmgr" into the search box.  Then press enter.

 

2. On the Connections pane, expand the server node and click "Application Pools."

 

 

3. Right click on your application pool and select "Advanced Settings..."

 

 

4. Change "Enable 32-bit Application to True."

 

 

5. Click "OK" to finish.

 

How To Enable A 32-bit Application Pool In IIS 7 (Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10)

 

1. On your computer, do a search for "IIS "

 

2. Open "IIS "

 

 

3. Click on "Application Pool "

 

 

4. Select the application pool your 32-bit application will run under

 

5. Click Advanced setting or Application Pool Default

 

 

6. Set Enable 32-bit Applications to True

 

 

7. Click "OK" to finish.

 

If this option is not available to you, follow these next steps:

 

1. Go to %windir%\system32\inetsrv\

2. Execute the appcmd.exe tool:

 

appcmd set apppool /apppool.name:MyAppPool32bit /enable32BitAppOnWin64:true

 

If that doesn’t work, these will most definitely work:

 

1. Go to %systemdrive%\Inetpub\AdminScripts

2. Execute cscript.exe adsutil.vbs and set

W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 “true”

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