IE7 Times Out Debugging ASP.Net Page

Question

My issue is similar to ASP.NET Debugging Timing out with IIS except that I'm using the built-in ASP.Net Development Server with VS 2010.

If I pause for more than about 10 seconds in the debugger, IE7 "disconnects" from the web server with the error message

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

However, unlike in the similar question, the debugger is still running. If I refresh the browser it will post that refresh to the server and I can debug the page from the top again.

Is it possible to configure things so that IE7 waits (much) longer before giving up?

If it makes a difference, I'm launching IE using the "Start external program" option and passing a localhost URL as the command line argument (since Chrome is my default browser). I also specify a specific port.

Answer 1

Found the solution

Add a ReceiveTimeout DWORD entry with a value of ()*1000 in the following registry subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings For example, if you want the time-out duration to be 8 minutes, set the value of the ReceiveTimeout entry to 480000 (<480>*1000).

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q181050/