Server is already running in Rails

Question

When I am starting rails server using rails s command it is showing A server is already running. Check C:/Sites/folder/Pids/Server.pids

Whe

Answer 1

Remove the file: C:/Sites/folder/Pids/Server.pids

Explanation In UNIX land at least we usually track the process id (pid) in a file like server.pid. I think this is doing the same thing here. That file was probably left over from a crash.