Visual Studio unable to launch IIS Express server

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Visual Studio unable to launch IIS Express server.

I just bought a new device (surface pro 6), copied a visual studio project from old device (surface pro 4) to new. then made a backup of the project database in sql server and restored that on new device. after all, when trying to view a CSHTML file in browser like google chrome, visual studio is unable to launch the IIS Express web server.

what do I have to do?

Please share the entire error message. – harmonica141 Jul 23 '19 at 07:50 — harmonica141, Jul 23 '19 at 07:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '19 at 12:48

Arya, I see this... maybe help you:

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I had the exact same problem. The reason - bad IIS config file. Try deleting the automatically-created IISExpress folder, which is usually located at %userprofile%/Documents, e.g. C:\Users[you]\Documents\IISExpress. Don't worry, VS should create it again - correctly, this time - once you run your solution again.

EDIT: Command line for deleting the folder:

rmdir /s /q "%userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress"

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Unable to launch the IIS Express Web server

thanks for reply. I tried that but the problem is still there. — Arya, Jul 28 '19 at 08:16

Visual Studio unable to launch IIS Express server

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