As mentioned here. http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/09/15/auto-start-asp-net-applications-vs-2010-and-net-4-0-series.aspx
Is there another way to do this? By just modifying the application's web.config file?
A:
AutoStart is a feature of the web server and not the application and works only with IIS 7.5 (Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2). Another possibility is to setup a startup script that will send an HTTP request to the application in order to start it.
Darin Dimitrov
2010-09-04 21:35:29
just dont want to mess with server settings if not necessary. what about the webserver section of web.config?
Rana
2010-09-04 21:47:43
@Rana, sorry this setting is relative to the application pool.
Darin Dimitrov
2010-09-04 21:49:27
I found this http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/02/18/preloading-aspnet-applications.aspx but it doesn't say where to place <httpWarmUp> in web.config
Rana
2010-09-04 22:09:57