Visual Studio | ASP.NET Configuration error

Question

I have a problem as I have struggled with for a week. Now I give up! I really can not figure out how to solve it. Every time I open the ASP.NET Configuration in VS10, then comes the first with this error: **An error was encountered. Please return to the previous page and try again. **

If I then press: How do I Use this Tool

so this comes up: **Tool Has Timed Out

As a security measure, the Web Site Administration Tool times out after a period of inactivity. Changes to machine.config or web.config may also result in the tool needing to be restarted. To continue configuring your web site, restart the tool. **

Some who can answer me on what's happening here?

Answer 1

"Special characters in the path may be the problem, according to the posts." as Posted above by Dave Swersky

THIS worked perfectly for me! I had a special character ("#") in my folder path I removed this and removed spaces for good measure! I was getting the error "Tool has timed out" among other errors when accessing the WSAT(Web site administration tool) from the ASP.NET configuration menu item.

Answer 2

I saw a post somewhere else that said the problems was solved when the default browser was changed to Internet Explorer. I have been using Firefox and have the exact same problem. When I changed the default browser to IE, the configuration page came up with no problem. But it won't work twice in a row without going in and setting the default browser back to IE each time. When I go back in to Program Access and Defaults, "Use by current browser" is selected. I have to reselect IE, and then it will work one time.