Run ASP.NET application as Default Web Site on dev machine

Question

I am trying to run my ASP.NET Web Application Project in my Local IIS Web Server instead of using the Visual Studio Development Server. It seems to only allow me to run my application in a Virtual Directory off of the Default Web Site. However, I would like to run the application in the root of the Default Web Site itself.

I go into the properties of my project, go to the Web tab, click the User Local IIS Web server radio box, and change the Project URL to http://localhost/. However, when I attempt to save, it tells me I need to configure the Virtual Directory, although I am not using a Virtual Directory.

Has anybody made this work before? Thanks!!

Answer 1

It sounds like localhost port 80 is already in use.

IIS creates a default web site that listens on localhost port 80. Have you disabled that before trying to add yours?

Another approach is to have your site listen on a different port, 81 for example.

Answer 2

So far I used a Post-Build event to copy the contents of my project to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ and I set the Start Action's Start URL to http://localhost/. Not very elegant, but it gets the job done. I would love for somebody to include a more elegant solution.