I know that there are several topics similar to this, but I do not have my main problem. I do not want to run Visual Studio 2017 as an administrator . Why should we be forced to run it this way? However, you lose several abilities:
- the ability to simply drag and drop files into the solution explorer to add them to your project.
- Net stop a debugging session by closing IE or stopping debugging in VS (and it will close IE for you).
- There may be others
For posterity, the error is:
Unable to start debugging on the web server. IIS does not list the website that matches the running URL.
I already followed the advice:
- Start → Control Panel → Click "Programs"
- Turn Windows features on or off.
- In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue
- Expand Internet Information Services, expand Web site management tools, and then expand IIS 6 Management Compatibility
- Select the "IIS Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility" check box and click OK.
I do not want to use IIS Express, which is part of VS, but the real local IIS that I installed.
This did not solve the problem. I have yet to find a solution that will allow me (us) to start Visual Studio 2017 and use local IIS without starting it as an administrator. Can someone provide a solution?
, : - IIS