Visual Studio IIS Express hangs on launch, but IIS local works, why?

Question

I run Visual studio 2015 as administrator, start a new project, ASP.NET application, Empty 4.5.2 and then just add a simple html page. When I try to launch using IIS Expres

Answer 1

Look into applicationhost.config file under

YOUR_DOCUMENTS_PATH\IISExpress\config\

Localize defaultDocument setting and add your static html page full name (yourpage.html) or use one of the options available if you want to stick to the standards: