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When you run the  Get-IISAppPool PowerShell cmdlet and try and view the password of the application pool you may see that the password looks like this: [enc:IISWASOnlyCngProvider:uQaGVt5rssdfPO129+N0iAJs3iE0d46qeDy34lnYeOvoMWrts9t+cwY7BgtBnYO+IINgGaPiz+19820knjdaf81ndafjsdfyHzmaF3Cgqg=:enc] To resolve the issue and view the plain text password simply right click the PowerShell console and select Run as Administrator .  When running as administrator the following command will display the application pool's password in plain text. (Get-IISAppPool -Name " name ").ProcessModel.Password

You might find that when you're running the IISAdministration cmdlets such as Get-IISAppPool that the cmdlets return out of date information that doesn't reflect the current configuration settings. To resolve the issue you need to run the Reset-IISServerManager to re-load the latest configuration. Reset-IISServerManager -Confirm:$false

If you're using the IISAdministration PowerShell module you may want to find out what applications are in use by an application pool. (if you're using the older WebAdministration module I've written the solution here ). # Gets the names of the applications in the specified application pool. Function Get-ApplicationPoolApplicationNames {     [ CmdletBinding () ]      param (         [ Parameter () ]           [ System.Object ] $ApplicationPoolName      )      process      {         $applicationNames = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List``1[System.String] ;           $webSites = Get-IISSite ;           foreach ( $webSite in $webSites )           {                     foreach ( $application in $webSite . Applications)                {                     if ( $application . ApplicationPoolName -eq $ApplicationPoolName )                     {                          if ( $application . Path -eq "/" )                          {               

If you're using the older WebAdministration PowerShell module for IIS you'll notice when browing application pools you'll see the applications in the pool. https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/webadministration However when you try and get the applications property it's not there because it's provided as a formatted property. You can grab the code from inside the formatter however there is a simpler method by enumerating the web sites and applications - these can be returned in the format SiteName or SiteName\ApplicationName # Gets the names of the applications in the specified application pool. Function Get-ApplicationPoolApplicationNames {      [ CmdletBinding () ]      param (         [ Parameter () ]           [ System.Object ] $ApplicationPoolName     )      process      {           $applicationNames = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List``1[System.String] ;           $webSites = Get-Website ;           foreach ( $webSite in $webSi

You may find that remote access doensn't work on TeamViewer Quick Support (TeamViewQS) when the remote computer runs an application in UAC. The remote user will see a UAC prompt: While the user interacts with the UAC prompt you see the following dialog: When the action is complete you are returned to the desktop however you now can't control any application on the desktop. To resolve this issue ask the user to disconnect from TeamViewer and restart the TeamViewerQS.exe as Administrator and reconnect. While you're here why not check out our Server Documentation Tool , XIA Configuration Server ?