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Jake
Jake

Reputation: 604

Unable to open the Web site 'http://localhost/XYZ'. Some of the properties associated with the solution could not be read

I copied a web application to my local development machine. When I open the solution in Visual Studio 2019, I get the following error:

Unable to open the Web site 'http://localhost/XYZ'.  The Web site 'http://localhost/XYZ' does not 
exist. Some of the properties associated with the solution could not be read.

I found this similar question and answer:

The Web site {site name} does not exist

But the directory that is indicated in the error message is different. My error is specifically targeting "http://localhost/...". I've been developing with Visual Studio for several years and I've worked with IIS a little - configuring application pools and converting directories to websites - but that's about it. Any idea what I'm missing here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1217

Answers (1)

samwu
samwu

Reputation: 5205

You can try the following steps to solve your problem：

  1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click Programs and Features.
  3. Click Turn Windows features on or off.
  4. In the dialog box, expand Internet Information Services.
  5. Expand Web Management Tools, and then expand IIS 6 Management Compatibility.
  6. Click to select the IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility check box, and then click OK. enter image description here

Upvotes: 1

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