Unable to access the IIS metabase

Question

An ASP.NET web project loads with up the solution, but I get this error

The Web Application Project is configured to use IIS. Unable to access the IIS met

Answer 1

Just try to access Visual studio as Admin right click and choose run as administrator. may fixes this problem. and take a look at this link for instructions on creating a shortcut.

Answer 2

I ran into this problem when I had copied a project to a new project. I opened the project file (.csproj) and removed the value from the IISUrl element:

from: <IISUrl>http://localhost:21222</IISUrl>

to: <IISUrl></IISUrl>

Answer 3

Just register your Web-project in your local IIS. All the settings you will find in *.csproj file. That works for me.

Answer 4

This may have nothing to do with registering ASP/IIS. The reason is exactly what the error message says: Visual Studio devenv.exe is not running with sufficient privileges to access the IIS process, and it needs to do this if your solution contains a web project whose Web settings say to use IIS rather than the VS dev server.

There are two solutions to your problem:

1. Run VS as an Administrator and reopen the solution/project.

2. Edit the web application's project file with a text editor and change this line from True to False:

    <UseIIS>True</UseIIS>
   

That will stop it using IIS and demanding higher privileges.

The reason VS demands Admin privileges is, I believe, because it will try and create the IIS web site for you on demand if it doesn't exist.

Answer 5

This error also occurs if you modified your Machine.config and added some "invalid lines": For example, I added some appSettings, to the configuration section (which IIS didn't like).

Answer 6

An answer that worked for me can be found here:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/17460774/3005965

Basically, go to %systemroot%/inetsrv/config. When prompt appears saying you need admin privileges, click Continue.

This should clear up your issue.