IIS 7.5 Does Not Reset - iis

Setup: Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS 7.5
We currently have multiple ASP.NET applications hooked up to the "Default Web Site" site in IIS on a server.
Sites
Default Web Site
aspnet_client
Site_v1
Site_v2
Site_v3
I have recompiled the binary for the site, and copied over the files for "Site_v1", then done an IISRESET command.
My issue is that the web app does not actually reset. Our app logs initialization of certain core objects, and the logs do not show that the app is restarting.
Our current theory is that some user has a browser open to one of the default web sites, and that's preventing me from correctly resetting IIS.
Anyone seen anything like this?
Thanks in advance.
Note: I'm posting this to Stack Overflow and not Super User because this is a problem on a development server. I'd like to solve this as a developer correctly compiling an application, rather than as a sys admin changing server settings. Hope that makes sense.
UPDATE:
From Werner's suggestion in the comments, I deleted the temporary files for Site_v2, but could not delete them for Site_v1. Some process was locking the files. After resetting IIS, Site_v1 was working properly, but not Site_v2.
Superconfused!

MS have stopped support for the IISReset command, which means that your approach is OK, but will not work any more. It works for IIS6.0, but not 7.0 or 7.5.
Ref: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/dd364308%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
It can be done "by hand" using the GUI, but that is not scripted. I have the same issue, working on an alternative.

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http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/09/15/auto-start-asp-net-applications-vs-2010-and-net-4-0-series.aspx
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Anyways, just wanted to share:)
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2 - Overwrite child folder permissions and ownership.
2 - Check if there's a web.config file on that folder setting different access rules.

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