I have VS2008 + Team Explorer + VS2008 SP1 installed. I am running Windows 7 x64 and I have installed all IIS components. Furthermore I am running the program as an administrator.
I can open the website manually in a browser without problems, but when I try to open the solution that contains the website I get the following error:
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Unable to open the Web site 'http://localhost/ChronosW
In addition, you must run Visual Studio in the context of an administrator account.
For more information, press F1.
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Screenshot of the actual error
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That is helpful, thank you. But what has worked after 2 days of trying different things is removing IIS from my Windows 7 installation and then installing it with only the bare minimum options to run. I had previously ticked every item in all the IIS boxes for Windows 7 - which seems to be the problem.
Thanks very much - changing to 32 bit is definitely part of the solution though.
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by: cj_1969Posted on 2009-09-10 at 11:25:19ID: 25302899
The first thing that comes to mind is to ask if VS is a 32 or 64 bit app.
I don't know if this will make a difference but it might.
If the application is a 32 bit app then this post might help ... http://blogs.netconnex.com
You can configure IIS to run its application pools in 32 bit mode (or support 32 bit mode operations, I don't remember exactly now). This might get it working if you are running a 32 bit VS app.