“Unable to launch the IIS Express Web server” error

Question

I receive this error when trying to launch IIS Express from Visual Studio with a project that\'s configured to listen to an address other than localhost. Visual Studio free

Answer 1

I had the same problem with Visual Studio 2012. I managed to resolve it by removing from C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\AppServer\applicationhost.config path unneccessary site entries. Alongwith running my VS2012 as an Administrator. Hope this helps