The Web Application Project […] is configured to use IIS. The Web server […] could not be found.

Question

I have a web project in my solution file that is \"unavailable\" when I open the solution. When I right-click on the web project and reload the project, I get the following

Answer 1

In my case, the url referenced in the csproj file was incorrect.

It needed to be prefixed with www.

I made the changes, saved the file and the project loaded fine.