Can't get IIS Express 8 beta to run website as 64-bit process

Question

on x64 Windows 7 I am trying to get hello world MVC 3 website running as 64-bit process (so Environment.Is64BitProcess returns true on a page) using IIS Express 8 latest bet

Answer 1

You have to launch iisexpress from command line in this case,

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/870/running-iis-express-from-the-command-line/

As I am not sure when will Microsoft updates the VS integration part to allow you to choose x64 IIS Express. The current integration obviously is x86 only.