IISExpress 8 Cannot read configuration file redirection.config

Question

I\'m running Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) with IISExpress8 and when navigating to

c:\\Program Files (x86)\\IIS Express>iisexpress.exe

i

Answer 1

In my case the 'My documents' folder for my work laptop was mapped to a network share. So when the work network was not available I was not able to open my solution.

Change: These will have the value of my docs in network share. Change this to local

I. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Personal

II. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal

For eg:

Old value: \networkdrive\c$\Users\profile\Documents

New value: C:\Users\profile\Documents

See: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/chiranth/2015/04/01/error-while-runningstarting-a-website-under-iisexpress-in-visual-studio/