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

For service reference within a solution.

1. Restart your workstation

2. Rebuild your solution

3. Update service reference in WCFclient project

At this point, I received messsage (Windows 7) to allow system access. Then the service reference was updated properly without errors.