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I\'m certain this is a Visual Studio bug with no obvious solution. I\'ve encountered a number of people who have the same exact issue. I ha
Have a look at the answer here:
http://forums.asp.net/t/1953087.aspx?VS+2013+Unable+to+launch+the+IIS+Express+Web+Server
It was strange behavior on a Windows 8 machine when 'bg' was part of the username