Process with an ID #### is not running in visual studio professional 2013 update 3

Question

I am trying to run any program on visual studio 2013 update 3 and I get the following alert box :

Process with an ID #### is not running . // every tim

Answer 1

go to Properties of the start up project, increment port number of the Project Url is probably the quickest way to get around this problem which I didn't read anyone mentioned yet.

And you don't need to restart VS as it can be a pain sometimes if you needed a few other instances needed to be running.

Answer 2

I update my Visual Studio to 2019 version and has this problem, I tried all solution from this question but it doesn't help to start my ASP.NET MVC 5 project with IIS Express. After I remove IIS Express (using Control Panel), download last version from www.microsoft.com and install it. After this everything works fine.

After some weeks i got update for Visual Studio and I got this problem again. I remove IIS Express and reinstall and it works fine now. p.s. repair didn't help me, only uninstall and install.

Answer 3

If you're using git as source control, you should also make sure that any user specific files are ignored.

[Dd]ebug/
[Dd]ebugPublic/
[Rr]elease/
[Rr]eleases/
x64/
x86/
bld/
[Bb]in/
[Oo]bj/
[Ll]og/

If they're already tracked, then use git -r rm --cached

This resolved the error for me.

Answer 4

I had a similar issue, but mine was the presence of deleted image files in the drive.

I removed it, deleted .vs hidden folder, now it works

Answer 5

I had a similar problem with Chrome.

It appears that VS can't attach to the Chrome process for some reason.

Solution: 1. Close Chrome 2. With Chrome closed, start the web project and allow VS to open Chrome.

Hope that helps.

Answer 6

I found the solution here:

https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1029540/Solved-Process-With-An-Id-Of-Is-Not-Running

Edited the project file and deleted the lines:

<DevelopmentServerPort>xxxxx</DevelopmentServerPort>
<DevelopmentServerVPath></DevelopmentServerVPath>
<IISUrl>http://localhost:xxxxx/</IISUrl>