IISExpress 8 Cannot read configuration file redirection.config

Question

I\'m running Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) with IISExpress8 and when navigating to

c:\\Program Files (x86)\\IIS Express>iisexpress.exe

i

Answer 1

In my case the 'My documents' folder for my work laptop was mapped to a network share. So when the work network was not available I was not able to open my solution.

Change: These will have the value of my docs in network share. Change this to local

I. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Personal

II. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal

For eg:

Old value: \networkdrive\c$\Users\profile\Documents

New value: C:\Users\profile\Documents

See: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/chiranth/2015/04/01/error-while-runningstarting-a-website-under-iisexpress-in-visual-studio/

Answer 2

Right click on your project file and Edit the project file and remove the URL from IISUrl and reload your project then it will work

Answer 3

In my case it happened when IISExpress was still active from a previous VS session and new instance of VS was run.

The solution was to stop (or kill) IIS Express instance.

Answer 4

If it is ASP.NET Core project

Just try to change iis port in file launchSettings.json by path iisSettings:iisExpress:applicationUrl

Answer 5

Fix was really simple for me >> Restart Visual Studio

My setup:

• Visual Studio 2015

• Web projects use local IIS 8.5

• I occasionally experience what I believe to be a VS bug where it converts some projects to use IISExpress (this is fixed by deleting the folder created in /This PC/Documents). This might be related.

Answer 6

After installing IIS Express, copy all files from

C:\Program Files\IIS Express\config\templates\PersonalWebServer

to

%userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config