I'm using VS2010 Express with SP1 on XP Pro SP3. I have a web development site on a local drive that was running fine under IIS Express a few days ago. Now when I launch under IIS Express, IIS Express goes up to 50% CPU usage and doesn't come down, eventually freezing the machine for at least several minutes (at which point I do a hard PC restart). The site works fine under the VS Development Server (Cassini) and IIS 5.1.
Under IIS Express the page call is (the port number changes with each test site).
http://localhost:4306/mypage
The TraceError for one such hang event is here:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/UW13UGhTSWVwaFRvS3NUQw
I made two changes recently that might have affected things. 1) I made a copy of the site for operations testing and got it to run under IIS 5.1. Then I pointed IIS 5.1 at the development site, and got it to run; works fine. 2) I renamed the folder that the development site was in, and then could not figure out how to get VS2010 Express to recognize it on the start page; but I got past that.
I tried uninstalling IIS Express and reinstalling, no joy. Did that twice with a restart between uninstall and reinstall the second time.
I built a fresh new bare-bones web site using VS2010 Express in a different sub-folder of the development site parent folder and got the same result. I built a second new bare-bones web site using VS 2010 in a different unrelated folder (same drive) and it persistenty gave a "cannot display web page" error.
>> When I copied the main dev site pages etc. to a new "empty" web site on an urelated folder it gives the hang.
I just repeated the entire cycle of:
> new web site, run in IIS Express => ("cannot display page")
> reopen page in VS Development Server => works fine
>reopen again in IIS Express, => cannot display
>access through IIS 5.1 => works fine
>reopen again in IIS Express, => cannot display
Thes IIS Express address for the cannot display = http://localhost:3053/Default.aspx
A sample TraceLog for the cannot display situation above is at:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/UW13UGhha0RvQUo4SjhUQw
I tried looking at the IISExpress folder config files xml however it looks like a major learning curve which I'm hoping to shortcut with these posts.
I really need IIS Express because I've got extensive javascript and really don't want to go back to Cassini for JS debug.
I'm Ok about relocating the site elements to a new folder on the same drive, but would prefer the flexibility of not having constraints on where I put the dev site elements.
Any suggestions on how to get IIS Express back up and running properly on my development site would be appreciated.
Thanks!
