Unable to launch the IIS Express Web server, Failed to register URL, Access is denied

Question

Some web projects are causing me problems while others work fine. I decided to focus on one of the problematic ones. I\'m using Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 7. I think I\'m

Answer 1

This happened to me on Windows 10 and VS 2013. Apparently there is a maximum port number IIS Express handles. Ports above 62546 don't work for me.

Answer 2

I write it for information.

Delete the file in the project.

After Clean>Build>Proje Start

Answer 3

I ran into this same error message, but it looks like it was produced from IIS Express. This article helped me resolve it

TL;DR

Run the following command from an Administrative command prompt:

> netsh http add iplisten ipaddress=::

Answer 4

I ended up with cleaning the project file (csproj) and the applicationhost.config (iis express) with all entries regarding iis express configuration. After that, it worked.

Answer 5

Go to the project "Properties" => "Web", and on the "Servers" section change the port to something else that is not used in and save it. You will be asked to created a virtual directory and click "Yes". Now run the project and it will work now.

Answer 6

In my case it worked at first and after a while stopped working and IIS Express reported that the port was in use.
netstat -ab showed that Chrome was using the port. After I quit Chrome, it started working again.
I am not sure however, why Chrome would occupy that port.