Process with an ID #### is not running in visual s

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 time there is different ID number showing

and in the error windows I get this error msg:

The program '[3148] iisexpress.exe' has exited with code -1073741816 (0xc0000008) 'An invalid handle was specified'.

Sometimes it runs and in the browser i get the following message : The webpage is not available.

I have looked around and try almost everything and I stil cannot fix the problem.

Please help anyone

Answer 1

Easily solved:

1. Open Visual Studio as an administrator
2. Right-click your project and click on 'Unload Project'
3. Again, right-click your project and click on 'Edit PROJECT_NAME.csproj'

4. Find the code below and delete it:

   <DevelopmentServerPort>63366</DevelopmentServerPort>
   <DevelopmentServerVPath>/</DevelopmentServerVPath>
   <IISUrl>http://localhost:63366/</IISUrl>
   

5. Save and close the file .csproj

6. Right-click your project and reload it
7. See its working

Answer 2

I recently had the same issue with VS 2013 and IIS Express:

"Process with an ID #### is not running ." // every time there is different ID number showing.

Here was the solution I found that worked for me:

1) Go into the Documents -> IIS Express -> config -> applicationhost.config

2) I opened applicationhost.config in Notepad++

3) Under the tag , there are lines of code that looks like this:

    <add name="Clr4IntegratedAppPool" managedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" managedPipelineMode="Integrated" CLRConfigFile="%IIS_USER_HOME%\config\aspnet.config" autoStart="true">
                 <processModel loadUserProfile="true" />
        </add>

4) Remove these two lines

                <processModel loadUserProfile="true" /> 
        </add>

5) Change the END of the first line to

            <add name="Clr4IntegratedAppPool" managedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" managedPipelineMode="Integrated" CLRConfigFile="%IIS_USER_HOME%\config\aspnet.config" autoStart="true" />

Notice that all I did was close the tag by adding ' /' after "true".

I am now able to run my projects in a web browser AND debug my code.

Also, I had updated to Update 4, but was having the same issue. I believe appending the applicationhost.config file was what fixed the problem.

I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Got this error today.. And a simple, close all VS instances and then start a fresh new one, luckily worked for me!

Answer 4

I came across the same problem and found that somehow the file 'applicationhost.config' (in ..\Documents\IISExpress\config) had a different localhost port number (in the 'sites' section) to the one specified in project\properties\web. Changed them to the same number and the problem went away

Answer 5

startMode="alwaysRunning" in $SOLUTION_DIR/bis/.vs/config/applicationhost.config caused it for me. Try to remove that string and everything will work again (even without restart of VS)

Answer 6

With respect to the first error:

Process with an ID #### is not running

This situation will sometimes occur when IIS Express fails to bind to a port. A likely reason for that is that some other process has already bound to that port. Visual Studio will launch the IISExpress.exe process (which will fail to bind to the port and exit again) and then attach to the now-terminated process, resulting in the above error.

To check, note the port number in your project settings (e.g. 12116) and then try:

netstat -ano | find "12116"

If another process has the port open, this will give its PID. You can then choose to kill the offending process or reallocate your own port number.