How do I start/stop IIS Express Server?

Question

I have installed MS Visual Web Developer 2010 which includes IIS Express.

Before this, I had installed XAMPP server for my php applications.

I would like to

Answer 1

I came across the same issue. My aim is to test PHP scripts with Oracle on Windows 7 Home and without thinking installed IIS7 express and as an afterthought considered Apache as a simpler approach. I will explore IIS express's capabilities seperately.

The challenge was after installing IIS7 express the Apache installation was playing second fiddle to IIS express and bringing up the Microsoft Homepage.

I resolved the port 80 issue by :-

1. Stopping Microsoft WedMatrix :- net stop was /y
2. Restarted the Apache Server
3. Verifying Apache now was listening on the port :- netstat -anop
4. Clearing out the Browsers caches - Firefox and IE
5. Running localhost