Asp.net MVC - WebDev.WebServer.EXE hangs

Question

Hi folks,

I am using Visual Studio 2008 SP1 with .NET Framework sp1. I am not using IIS but the built-in server provided by vs 2008.

I have an ASP.NET MVC project, which sometimes when started opens the browser window & just keeps on trying to load the default page. After stopping the application & killing the webserver, there's still always an instance of WebDev.WebServer.EXE running in taskmanager.

For whatever reason, i am unable to kill this process & i have no choice but to restart my system. Is there a solution for this ?

TIA

Answer 1

There is probably something in your application that causes the server to hang. Does the server hang when you try to launch any project or one specific project?

To kill the process without rebooting, use the awesome ProcMon while running as admin. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

To kill the process without rebooting, use Process Explorer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Answer 2

For now, i started using IIS instead of Cassini, so i don't have to deal with webdev.webserver.exe issues.