I had a similar issue running Visual Studio 2019 on Windows 10. Some solutions that worked for others seemed to include: Changing the application port number. Have Visual studio automatically assign a port number each time the application start. Restart Visual Studio Restart the computer. Unfortunately, none of these solutions worked for me, assigning another … Read more
Try changing the port number in your project? Project Properties → Web → Servers → Project Url: Don’t forget to click Create Virtual Directory, or reply “Yes” to the prompt for creating virtual directory after you change your port number! (Thanks Connor) Note: I’m a little reluctant to post this as an answer, as I … Read more
To specify a port for a Web application project that uses IIS Express In Solution Explorer, right-click the name of the application and then select Properties. Click the Web tab. In the Servers section, under Use Local IIS Web server, in the Project URL box change the port number. To the right of the Project … Read more
I think you can. To do this you need to edit applicationhost.config file manually (edit bindingInformation ‘<ip-address>:<port>:<host-name>‘) To start iisexpress, you need administrator privileges
I had a similar issue to @Myles J but renaming %userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config didn’t work. What I had to do was the following: Close Visual Studio. Rename the %userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config directory. Start Visual Studio again. The %userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config directory will be recreated with the default config files. Copy the original applicationhost.config file over the autogenerated one. Before anyone asks: … Read more
Update I made a video that better describes the process, https://youtu.be/5ZqDuvTqQVs If you are using Visual Studio 2013 or above, make sure you run it as an administrator for this to work. Open the %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config (in VS2015 it may be $(solutionDir)\.vs\config\applicationhost.config) file. Inside you should see something like this: <site name=”WebSite1″ id=”1″ serverAutoStart=”true”> <application … Read more
The following steps fix the problem for me: Close Visual Studio Navigate to the folder where your solution files are stored and delete the hidden .vs folder. Restart Visual Studio Hit F5 and IIS Express should load as normal, allowing you to debug. Note: Based on my experience and others in the comments, this problem … Read more
It looks like you are missing a binding information entry in applicationhost.config file. Open your applicationhost.config file. Possible locations are: %userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config $(solutionDir)\.vs\config\applicationhost.config (VS2015) Failing that, inspect the output from iisexpress.exe to be sure. Locate your WebSite entry and add following binding with your machine name. <binding protocol=”http” bindingInformation=”:50333:your-machine-name” /> Restart IIS Express
I had just upgraded to VS 2013 from VS 2012 and the current user identity (HttpContext.User.Identity) was coming through as anonymous. I tried changing the IIS express applicationhost.config, no difference. The solution was to look at the properties of the web project, hit F4 to get the project properties when you have the top level … Read more
I had a similar issue. Try this and it should work Go to your project folder and open the .vs folder (keep your check hidden item-box checked as this folder may be hidden sometimes) In the .vs folder open the config folder See that applicationhost.config file there? Delete that thing. (Do not worry it will … Read more