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Re: Opening .NET 2.0 Web Application Projects in Visual Studio 2008

Michael — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:45:52 -0000

Thanks - this was the problem I was having - in fact this fixes the supposed "work-around" whereby you instruct visual studio to NOT use IIS. For a while I was doing this, and using 'Custom Server URL' to point to my application on my local server. This is what should be done ^
Thanks again

Re: Opening .NET 2.0 Web Application Projects in Visual Studio 2008

abc — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:11:19 -0000

I had terrible problems with this issue. If you need to run with IIS instead of the Development Server, check your IIS settings for the website. In IIS, on the "Bindings" screen make sure that the "host name" field is set to blank. If the host name value set to anything else (including "localhost") Visual Studio 2008 will have problems loading the project. Host name must be blank in IIS.

Re: Opening .NET 2.0 Web Application Projects in Visual Studio 2008

Rafael — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:30:29 -0000

thanks man, solved my problem

Re: Opening .NET 2.0 Web Application Projects in Visual Studio 2008

lkthoma — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:00:05 -0000

This was a great solution to an annoying issue. Your site was the only one I could google and get a straightforward solution!

Re: Opening .NET 2.0 Web Application Projects in Visual Studio 2008

Stefan Totoescu — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:57:44 -0000

Great tip! Solved my conversion problem instantly. Thanks!

Re: Opening .NET 2.0 Web Application Projects in Visual Studio 2008

Locarno — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:56:10 -0000

Doesn't this solution cause your properties -> web settings to revert to "Use Visual Studio Development Server", and thus you can no longer debug using IIS?

Re: Opening .NET 2.0 Web Application Projects in Visual Studio 2008

Eric — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:26:32 -0000

Thanks! It worked. I am also glad you included screenshots and easy to understand how to instructions!