We don't know what app pools exist, so don't try to set them

Author: PaulStovell

examples/02-CreateSite-Advanced/IIS.ps1

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ $site = Get-IISSite -Name "Website1"
 $site.Id = 4
 $site.Bindings.Add("*:8023:", "http")
 $site.Bindings.Add("*:8024:", "http")
-$site.Applications["/"].ApplicationPoolName = ".NET v4.5";
 
 Stop-IISCommitDelay -Commit $true
 

examples/02-CreateSite-Advanced/README.md

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 Most likely, you'll want to specify a few extra settings when creating a real site. To do that, you can get the site after creating it, and add the extra settings. Since we are making multiple changes, we can use delayed commits to write them all to applicationHost.config at once.
 
-Here we'll add an additional binding, and set the ID and Application Pool.
+Here we'll add an additional binding, and set the site ID.

examples/02-CreateSite-Advanced/Web.ps1

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Import-Module WebAdministration
 New-Item -Path "IIS:\Sites" -Name "Website1" -Type Site -Bindings @{protocol="http";bindingInformation="*:8021:"}
 Set-ItemProperty -Path "IIS:\Sites\Website1" -name "physicalPath" -value "C:\Sites\Website1"
 Set-ItemProperty -Path "IIS:\Sites\Website1" -Name "id" -Value 4
-Set-ItemProperty -Path "IIS:\Sites\Website1" -Name "applicationPool" -Value ".NET v4.5"
 New-ItemProperty -Path "IIS:\Sites\Website1" -Name "bindings" -Value (@{protocol="http";bindingInformation="*:8022:"}, @{protocol="http";bindingInformation="*:8023:"})
 
 Start-Website -Name "Website1"