No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it?

Question

Sometimes I get the following error while I was doing HttpWebRequest to a WebService. I copied my code below too.

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System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect         


        

Answer 1

I got this error in an application that uses AppFabric. The clue was getting a DataCacheException in the stack trace. To see if this is the issue for you, run the following PowerShell command:

@("AppFabricCachingService","RemoteRegistry") | % { get-service $_ }

If either of these two services are stopped, then you will get this error.