http://forums.iis.net/1151.aspxAll about IIS 7.0 PowerShell integration. Use this forum to ask PowerShell questions, discuss issues, request features and yell at IIS team members.enCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://forums.iis.net/thread/1890020.aspxWed, 14 Jan 2009 23:26:34 GMT50bcf3b4-f6fe-4638-adff-0c150e922e99:1890020sergeia0http://forums.iis.net/thread/1890020.aspxhttp://forums.iis.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1151&PostID=1890020<p>Thanks, I see it. I will open a bug and it will be fixed in final release.</p> <p>--Sergei&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>http://forums.iis.net/thread/1887320.aspxThu, 11 Dec 2008 21:58:29 GMT50bcf3b4-f6fe-4638-adff-0c150e922e99:1887320VaderPi0http://forums.iis.net/thread/1887320.aspxhttp://forums.iis.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1151&PostID=1887320This issue is also caused by running the new-item command with a type of application. <pre> New-Item &quot;IIS:\Sites\Api\v0&quot; -physicalPath &quot;D:\www\api\v0&quot; -type Application </pre>http://forums.iis.net/thread/1887311.aspxThu, 11 Dec 2008 20:53:45 GMT50bcf3b4-f6fe-4638-adff-0c150e922e99:1887311VaderPi0http://forums.iis.net/thread/1887311.aspxhttp://forums.iis.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1151&PostID=1887311Handles to the web application&#39;s physical directory and the parent site&#39;s physical directory are left open after running the New-WebApplication command. This results in not being able to manipulate the directories due to access is denied errors. Below is a transaction of commands that illustrates the issue. Handle is being used to detect that the handles are left open. <pre> PS C:\Source\api\Tools\Deployment&gt; c:\handle api Handle v3.42 Copyright (C) 1997-2008 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com System pid: 4 3C8: C:\Windows\System32\setupapi.dll System pid: 4 480: C:\Windows\System32\advapi32.dll System pid: 4 4B0: C:\Windows\System32\dnsapi.dll java.exe pid: 1608 374: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\web\jsp-api-2.1-6.1.9.jar java.exe pid: 1608 384: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\web\slf4j-api-1.5.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 3D4: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\jaxb-api-2.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 3E0: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\stax-api-1.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 564: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar handle.exe pid: 6856 8: C:\Source\api\Tools\Deployment PS C:\Source\api\Tools\Deployment&gt; New-WebSite &quot;Api&quot; -HostHeader &quot;*&quot; -PhysicalPath &quot;D:\www\api&quot; Name ID State Physical Path Bindings ---- -- ----- ------------- -------- Api 3 D:\www\api http *:80:* New-WebSite : The object identifier does not represent a valid object. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800710D8) At line:1 char:12 + New-WebSite &lt;&lt;&lt; c:\handle api Handle v3.42 Copyright (C) 1997-2008 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com System pid: 4 3C8: C:\Windows\System32\setupapi.dll System pid: 4 480: C:\Windows\System32\advapi32.dll System pid: 4 4B0: C:\Windows\System32\dnsapi.dll java.exe pid: 1608 374: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\web\jsp-api-2.1-6.1.9.jar java.exe pid: 1608 384: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\web\slf4j-api-1.5.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 3D4: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\jaxb-api-2.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 3E0: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\stax-api-1.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 564: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar handle.exe pid: 7132 8: C:\Source\api\Tools\Deployment PS C:\Source\api\Tools\Deployment&gt; New-WebApplication -Site &quot;Api&quot; -Name &quot;v0&quot; -PhysicalPath &quot;D:\www\api\v0&quot; Name ApplicationPool EnabledProtocols PhysicalPath ---- --------------- ---------------- ------------ v0 DefaultAppPool http D:\www\api\v0 PS C:\Source\api\Tools\Deployment&gt; c:\handle api Handle v3.42 Copyright (C) 1997-2008 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com System pid: 4 3C8: C:\Windows\System32\setupapi.dll System pid: 4 480: C:\Windows\System32\advapi32.dll System pid: 4 4B0: C:\Windows\System32\dnsapi.dll java.exe pid: 1608 374: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\web\jsp-api-2.1-6.1.9.jar java.exe pid: 1608 384: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\web\slf4j-api-1.5.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 3D4: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\jaxb-api-2.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 3E0: C:\Program Files\apache-activemq-5.1.0\lib\stax-api-1.0.jar java.exe pid: 1608 564: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar powershell.exe pid: 492 55C: D:\www\api powershell.exe pid: 492 7EC: D:\www\api powershell.exe pid: 492 8DC: D:\www\api\v0 handle.exe pid: 5284 8: C:\Source\api\Tools\Deployment PS C:\Source\api\Tools\Deployment&gt; </pre>