I\'m running Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) with IISExpress8 and when navigating to
c:\\Program Files (x86)\\IIS Express>iisexpress.exe
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I have the exact same issue with Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 8.1 I map My Documents folder to SkyDrive, so the IISExpress folder was marked as "Online-only". Once I marked it as "Available offline" everything worked.