I'm unable to launch the web site administration tool from both applications (developer and studio 2010). This shouldn't be an issue, just clicking the button should render the expected behavior.
From an asp.net website application or asp.net website There are only two ways to access the wizard and that is using the solution explorer pane and clicking on the icon that looks like a globe and a red hammer. The other way is to locate the master site page and right click on the login object at the top right corner.
I have spent all day trying to figure this out and after googling the issue I discovered the only solution was to rename the project file and remove any spaces or characters. As you can see below I removed all spaces and characters and it still doesn't work.
http://localhost:50462/asp.netwebadminfiles/default.aspx?applicationPhysicalPath=D:\Projects\WebSite1\&applicationUrl=/WebSite1
Other things I tried:
1. Reset internet explorer settings
2. Turned off the firewall
3. Restarted the server
4. Re-created the project in both VS Studio & Developer
5. Set the default browser to Internet Explorer
6. Changed server from IIS Express to Visual Studio Dev Server (vice versa)
7. Opened the root path to the Web Site Admin tool and it's there but it doesn't launch the from the VS Studio 2010 or Web Developer 2010.
The app folder is there and there is no database or mdf file inside but I'm not sure if that is really necessary. I've opened up every project and website I have on my system and I get the same behavior and error from Internet Explorer.
I get this error message after running the diagnostic tool:
The device or resource (localhost) is not set up to accept connections on port "40472".
Is this a network error or an application error?
What am I missing here? I could use any suggestions.