IISExpress 8 Cannot read configuration file redire

Question

I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) with IISExpress8 and when navigating to

c:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express>iisexpress.exe

it says:

Filename: redirection.config

Error: Cannot read configuration file

Any ideas where to start? I can't find anything...

Answer 1

In my case the 'My documents' folder for my work laptop was mapped to a network share. So when the work network was not available I was not able to open my solution.

Change: These will have the value of my docs in network share. Change this to local

I. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Personal

II. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal

For eg:

Old value: \networkdrive\c$\Users\profile\Documents

New value: C:\Users\profile\Documents

See: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/chiranth/2015/04/01/error-while-runningstarting-a-website-under-iisexpress-in-visual-studio/

Answer 2

I ran into this issue while trying to open another developer's solution after installing VS2013 (Update 3 RC). After following the advice here and deleting/renaming/etc. the config folder, VS re-created the files in the wrong location. It created nested config folders:

C:\Users[user]\Documents\IISExpress\config\config

I moved everything from ...\config\config into ...\config, and it worked as expected.

Answer 3

After installing IIS Express, copy all files from

C:\Program Files\IIS Express\config\templates\PersonalWebServer

to

%userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config

Answer 4

If you do:

C:\Users\”username*****”\Documents\IISExpress\config

You find these file

applicationhost.config
aspnet.config
redirection.config

Delete above 3 file and then open the project.then the problem is solved. I tried, its working fine.

Answer 5

The issue is that the files in C:\Users\"Your Username"\Documents\IISExpress\config are encrypted. Open this folder, Select all the files, Right click and select properties, Click advanced, deselect "Encrypt contents to secure data, Click okay, click apply.

That will fix it.

Answer 6

If it is ASP.NET Core project

Just try to change iis port in file launchSettings.json by path iisSettings:iisExpress:applicationUrl