Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

[abthomas]

Hello,

I've created a new website in VWB 2008 Express & when I click 'Start without debugging' I get this in IE:

http://localhost:55998/WebSite2/Default.aspx

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

I get the icon in the system tray saying the port is the same (55998) and the path appears correct - but it's not displaying my page (just with the word test in it).

Any ideas? Thanks

[Shuja Ali]

Have you written any code in the code behind file? What exactly is the error that it is showing?

[abthomas]

Hello,

No, no code - and it's the standard IE error.

Here are my steps: Start VWD, click 'Create Website', select 'ASP.NET Web Site', enter a new location & hit 'Start without debugging'

Then I get this:

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

What you can try:
Diagnose Connection Problems

More information

This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:

Internet connectivity has been lost.
The website is temporarily unavailable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain.
If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols are enabled under the security section.

For offline users

You can still view subscribed feeds and some recently viewed webpages.
To view subscribed feeds

Click the Favorites Center button , click Feeds, and then click the feed you want to view.

To view recently visited webpages (might not work on all pages)

Click Tools , and then click Work Offline.
Click the Favorites Center button , click History, and then click the page you want to view.


I was using IIS before - but I dont think this should have affected it.

Thanks for your reply.

[dannystommen]

http://localhost:55998/WebSite2/Default.aspx

My guess is that your project name is 'WebSite2'. Normally the url would be 'http://localhost:55998/Default.aspx'. Try it without WebSite2 in the url. No idea why Visual Studio puts it in there

[abthomas]

Hello,

Nope 'http://localhost:55998/Default.aspx' doesnt work either. My book says it should have the project name in there.

[Shuja Ali]

What operating System are you using and what is the version of IE? Do you have any anti-virus installed? There can be number of issues that would lead to this.

Did you try creating a Website under IIS rather than in FileSystem?

[abthomas]

Vista SP1, IE 7.0.6001.18000 (ooh, must upgrade), no anti-virus.

I did use IIS a while back, but now want to use VWD's internal web server. The steps as basic as I can make them are:

Here are my steps: Start VWD, click 'Create Website', select 'ASP.NET Web Site', enter a new location (eg Test2) & hit 'Start without debugging'. See error message in a web browser.

Update: Still fails with the latest IE8

[Shuja Ali]

Just check whether you have a valid entry for localhost in the HOSTS file. ON XP, the file location is C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and the entry should be 127.0.0.1 localhost.

[abthomas]

Wow, that worked, thanks loads! I had to research how to find & edit this file (details below). But I have one big question: Why was this originally set to '::1 localhost'.

What would have caused this? Would it have been set to '127.0.0.1' with a fresh vista install? Was it installing IIS? So many thanks for your help!



The standard way to resolve that is to find the hosts file
and map your loopback address ( 127.0.0.1 ) to "localhost".

There's an issue connected to doing that on Vista.

The hosts file is considered a system file by Vista.
You have to first take ownership of it then grant yourself full control.

These are the two commands that you need to run from an elevated command prompt.
(Right click "command prompt" and choose "Run as Administrator") :

1.
takeown /f c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

2.
icacls c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /grant yourusername:f

If you installed to a drive other than "c:", modify accordingly, of course.

Now you can open the file with notepad, insert this line and save the hosts file
( make sure it doesn't acquire a .txt extension ) :

127.0.0.1 localhost

If that doesn't fix it, you have a bad install of the TCP/IP stack.

[Shuja Ali]

Wow, that worked, thanks loads! I had to research how to find & edit this file (details below). But I have one big question: Why was this originally set to '::1 localhost'.

Sometimes some of the updates that get installed might update this file. Although it has never happened to me, this is just my assumption.

[sepideh06]

Hello,I have almost same problem.when i createt a new web site and browse it with IE8 ,there is error(Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage) and now i'm working with VS2008 and IE8.but i alse have an older version of VS(VS2005) on the same computere.when i created a new web page with 2005 ,there is no problem and everything is ok.
what is the problem with VS2008??

i did all suggestions which were in old posts but it dosn't work.

could you help me??
thanks for your attentions.

[developerweb419]

hi sepideh06,

Did you find any resolution for the issue?
I am having the same issue...could you please reply if you have any resolution?

Thanks

[prajktapilankar]

i am facing the same problem.I also changed the name of my project.Please give me any solution