VS2010/Windows 7 -> can't connect to ASP.NET Development Server

asp.net visual-studio-2010 webdev.webserver
TJF picture TJF · May 18, 2010 · Viewed 24.2k times · Source

I have a clean installation of Windows 7 with VS2010 RTM and am trying to get the ASP.NET Development Server to work.

When I run the project, the WebDev server starts and shows that it's listening on port x on localhost.

I've tried:

  • telnet to the port. The port is not listening.
  • running netstat -o shows that the WebDev server is in fact not listening on any port.
  • manually changing the WebDev port to a different port and restarted VS without effect.

I have Windows Firewall turned off entirely and am not running any other firewall software either.

Any idea what could be going on here?

Thanks!

Answer

TJF picture TJF · May 18, 2010

ok, figured out how to fix it: For some reason my hosts file had "127.0.0.1 localhost" commented, so I'm assuming WebDev server tried to bind to localhost but it couldn't resolve to the 127.0.0.1 address. After I uncommented that line and restarted VS, the WebDev server works fine

Related questions

How to Publish Web with msbuild?

Visual Studio 2010 has a Publish command that allows you to publish your Web Application Project to a file system location. I'd like to do this on my TeamCity build server, so I need to do it with the solution runner …

Read More
Unable to start debugging on the web server. Could not start ASP.NET debugging VS 2010, II7, Win 7 x64

I am running Visual Studio 2010 (as Admin), IIS 7 on Windows 7 x64. I am able to run the ASP.NET web site in IIS 7 without debugging just fine, but when I press F5 to debug it, I get: Unable to start …

Read More
How to use Console.WriteLine in ASP.NET (C#) during debug?

I want to write some result to the console in ASP.NET (C#). It works in a Window application, but a Web application does not work. Here is what I have tried: protected void btonClick_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { …

Read More