I am trying to use the new Visual Web Developer 2008 Express on my laptop running Vista Home Premium.  Whenever I try and F5 to run a site, i get "Page cannot be found."  When I try and go into ASP,NET configuration, I get the same message.  I don't know why this is not working.  I have all the updates for Windows and such and even tried reinstalling .Net 3.5.  Can someone please help me to get this running?  The other weird thing is, that it worked like 2 weeks ago, but since then I got a virus and reformatted and reinstalled everything from scratch.  Previously I also had Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition installed.  This time, I haven't installed 2005.  Any help is greatly appreciated!

Please check that page is running in local server/IIS or not

I am new to the web development environment, so I am not sure how to do that.  The server information dispalys like this: http://localhost:50996/Chapter03/.  I am assuming that this means that I am running on a local server.  Even if I try to go into ASP.NET Configuration thru Website > ASP.NET Configuration, I get this as my server: http://localhost:62390/asp.netwebadminfiles/, but the same error: "

"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage"

When I try to browse to my site in Firefox & IE using the address http://127.0.0.1:49270/ (which is the port my test page is running on), I get this:

Version Information: ASP.NET Development Server 9.0.0.0

 I have the same problem and disabling IPv6 in the registry solves for me ... IPv6 introduces some issues to resolve http://localhost ...

 See a full explanation here:

http://rbazinet.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/aspnet-development-server-problems-under-vista/#comment-3468

 
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Felipe Portella
http://www.portella.com.br
 

In my case it seems to be caused by a DNS issue. Also because I noticed that visual web developer is not using the same port (something it is not supposed to do) I edited my hosts file and pointed the server to the folder containing the website. The server is working now fine until I find the right solution.

I think there are some components that are properly installer. My advise is to uninstall the Visual Web Developer 2008 Express and install it again.

Here are the steps

1. 'Website' Menu in your visual studio ide.

2. select 'Start Options'

3. enable 'Use Custom Server' radio button.

4. Enter any URL you desire similar to 'http://localhost:8010/MyApp'

Note1: you can use any port number not only '8010' but not designated port numbers like 8080(tcpip),25(smtp),21(ftp) etc.,

Note2: you can use any name not only 'MyApp'

This solution should work unless your WebDev.Webserver.exe is physically corrupted othewise you have to look for any other approach.

This thread may help http://forums.asp.net/t/1437368.aspx

the main and only one option to fix this problen is check your antivirus(nod32) configuration and unblock browser and visual studio...like

• the cause: NOD32 is blocking the ASP.NET Development Server.
• the solution: configure NOD32 to no longer see VS as a web browser. (setup -> advanced firewall setup -> antivirus & anti spyware -> web access protection -> HTTP –> webbrowsers.

then it will fine.