IISExpress 8 Cannot read configuration file redirection.config

Question

I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) with IISExpress8 and when navigating to

c:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express>iisexpress.exe 

it says:

Filename: redirection.config

Error: Cannot read configuration file

Any ideas where to start? I can't find anything...

Answer 1

I had a similar issue to @Myles J but renaming %userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config didn't work. What I had to do was the following:

1. Close Visual Studio.
2. Rename the %userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config directory.
3. Start Visual Studio again. The %userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config directory will be recreated with the default config files.
4. Copy the original applicationhost.config file over the autogenerated one.

Before anyone asks: the permissions on the folders were identical, the read-only flag was not set on the folder or its files, and I didn't modify applicationhost.config in any way.

Answer 2

After installing IIS Express, copy all files from

C:\Program Files\IIS Express\config\templates\PersonalWebServer

to

%userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config