Visual Studio 2012 IIS Express 8 Fresh Install - Can't Connect

Question

On Visual Studio 2010 + IIS Express 7 I was able to use IIS Express as a server and browse sites.

I\'ve since installed Visual Studio 2012 (on Windows 7 64-bit) with

Answer 1

I had a similar issue running my asp.net MVC4 project on localhost under IIS express 8.0 so I ended up uninstalling IIS 8.0 and installing IIS express 7.5 and straight away the problem was fixed:

• Uninstall IIS express 8.0
• Delete the My Documents\IISExpress folder
• Install IIS express 7.5 (Link to IIS Express 7.5 download)

IIS Express 8.0 seems to be installed with VS 2012 so if you had a new install or possibly a service pack update this might have upgraded your previous IIS express version.