Appcmd command not working

Question

appcmd set config /section:applicationPools /[name='xxx - yyy'].processModel.idleTimeout:0.00:00:00

When I run this command, instead of receiving a validation message or an error message, the command goes "idle". It actually just display the caret and I can write text, or wathever... until I CTRL+Break the command. I tried waiting for 10 minutes but nothing else ever happens.

It's really weird, the command seems correct :S

Do you know what I possibly could be doing wrong?

Answer 1

Apparently when there is a space in the application pool's name, you have to put the "modification parameters" in quote. So the command should actually be like this:

appcmd set config /section:applicationPools "/[name='xxx - yyy'].processModel.idleTimeout:0.00:00:00"

It really gets me to wonder why the simple quotes aren't useful enough.