Identify Worker Process (w3wp.exe) in IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0 for Debugging in SharePoint

It is very deficult to identify perticular SharePoint web application's worker process in IIS 6.0 and 7.0 because there are somy web aplication running on SharePoint Farm.


How to attach worker process?
we can go to Tools > Attach Process or use shortcut key Ctrl +P.
 Identify Worker Process in IIS 6.0

• Start > Run > Cmd
• Go To Windows > System32
• Run cscript iisapp.vbs

You will get the list of Running Worker ProcessID and the Application Pool Name in IIS 6.0.


Identify Worker Process in IIS 7.0
From IIS 7.0 you need you to run IIS Command Tool ( appcmd ) .

• Start > Run > Cmd
• Go To Windows > System32 > Inetsrv
• Run appcmd list wp

This will show you list worker process that is running on IIS 7.0 in the similar format of IIS 6.0

Happy Debugging...!!!