Could not start ASP.NET or ATL Server debugging

asp.net windows iis-7 windows-7 visual-studio-2003
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I installed Visual Studio 2003 on Windows 7 but I am getting the following error on when I press the F5 for debugging.

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. 
Could not start ASP.NET or ATL Server debugging.
Verify that ASP.NET or ATL Server is correctly installed on the server.

What does that mean and how do I fix it?

Answer

Sachin Shanbhag picture Sachin Shanbhag · Sep 6, 2010

The cause for this as per microsoft support is -

This problem occurs because the debugger does not send the debug action to IIS when you run the application. The debugger identifies your computer as localhost. However, in IIS, the Web Site Identification of the application is the IP address that you specified

The resolution is as given below -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814717

http://forums.asp.net/t/703333.aspx

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