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

I also had the same problem, doing the above didn't work for me. What my error turned out to be was twofold.

1. I had Opera as my default browser and it couldn't attach to that.
2. I had multiple startup projects so it wouldn't let me switch to IE until I change the default startup project back to just the MVC shell.

I set that project specifically as the startup, then I switched it back to launching IE and it started debugging again.

Hope that helps

Answer 2

I had the same problem, and what needed to be done was setup IIS Express properly. I right clicked on my project -- Properties -- Web (tab) and on Servers: Project URL, was already pre-populated and I clicked the button "Create Virtual Directory". I had just reinstalled (refreshed) windows and the IIS was not setup b/c it was new.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Close your instance of Visual studio. Start it again in Administration mode. "Run as Admin"

Answer 4

Running as administrator didn't seem to make a difference when I got this.

• Make sure all iisexpress.exe processes had been closed
• Edit <path_to_your_solution>\Solution\.vs\config\applicationhost.config

• Change the site name.

  <site name="MySite" id="1" serverAutoStart="true">

  to :

  <site name="MySite2" id="1" serverAutoStart="true">

• That fixed it for me

Answer 5

Same error Process with an ID #### is not running using visual studio 2015 RC.

Only go rid of the message after repair IIS 10 in Control Panel - Programs and Features

Renato

Answer 6

The following steps fix the problem for Visual Studio 2015 and Visual Studio 2017:

• Close VS.
• Navigate to the folder of the solution and delete the hidden .vs folder.
• Restart VS.
• Hit F5 and IIS Express should load as normal, allowing you to debug.

Note: Based on my experience and others in the comments, this problem seems to be caused by moving a project between workstations, environments, or versions of Visual Studio. There must be some environment specific information contained in the .vs folder.