VS2012 ASP.Net error message unable to connect to the configured development web server

Question

I bought a new Windows 8 PC last week.

First I installed VS 2010 on it but then that wasn\'t working properly so I uninstalled VS 2010 and then installed VS 2012 pro

Answer 1

ASP.NET IIS Registration Tool (Aspnet_regiis.exe) would be one of my suggestions along with checking what identity is the Application Pool in IIS using as it may have limited permissions. Last but not least, run Visual Studio as an Administrator so you don't have UAC issues.