I was able to solve this issue doing the following: 1- Go to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv and double click on directory config and accept the warning message. 2- Go to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config directory and double click on directory Export and accept the warning message. Then you will be able to run the app in your local IIS without … Read more
Just posting my own answer for this problem so I can mark the question as answered. Check http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/1005/handling-url-binding-failures-in-iis-express/ Disable the Web Deploy Agent service if you have it installed.
Would checking the current process name do the trick? bool isExpress = String.Compare(Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName,”iisexpress”) == 0; Normal IIS runs under w3wp.exe from memory.
Try deleteing applicationhost.config or move it to a different folder, worked for me. In my case the problem was that the project was set up to start on IIS local by another developer.
Microsoft cluttering up my ‘Documents’ folder with all their programs’ (junk) folders drives me insane as well. I have conceded somewhat by creating a Data folder under my Documents folder, where I am pointing all MS apps (and others apps such as Firefox’s profile folder) to for all their (generally unwanted) folders, and with a … Read more
This can be accomplished by editing the applicationHost.config file C:\Users\yourProfile\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationHost.config Visual Studio usually handles editing this file for you when you make configuration changes, but you can manually edit. Find the particular site you are working with and the following bindings should work: <bindings> <binding protocol=”http” bindingInformation=”*:5252:localhost” /> <binding protocol=”http” bindingInformation=”*:5252:contoso.localhost” /> </bindings> You can … Read more
This is how I fixed this. There may be an easier way (I’m sure there is!) Step 1 – Open Windows PowerShell (in admin mode) and generate a certificate like this: New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName “localhost”, “localhost” -CertStoreLocation “cert:\LocalMachine\My” Keep the thumbprint safe. Step 2 – Open a command prompt (in admin mode) and run these commands. … Read more
IIS Express runs as your user account. When installed, you should find an IISExpress folder in your My Documents folder.
I tried this one and it worked for me: Go to ‘Debug Properties‘ Find ‘Web Server Settings‘ Change the port in ‘App URL‘ section and save the changes Run the application and the same error will appear again Switch the port back to the original port and save the changes Run the application and enjoy … Read more
It looks like this should be possible. In your IIS Express site’s applicationhost.config file, there is a <processModel/> element defined in <applicationPoolDefaults> under <applicationPools> The <processModel> element has attributes for userName and password. From MSDN: Specifies that ASP.NET will run the worker process with a Windows identity that is different from the Windows identity for … Read more