IIS does not list a web site that matches the launched URL

Question

I have sharepoint 2013 application deployed on IIS. When I want to start debugging, I face this error:

"Unable to start debugging on the web server. IIS does not list a web site that matches the launched URL".

I found a few solutions for this issue, but none work for me. The solutions I found:

VS should be running as Administrator. I did that.
Windows Authentication should be enable on IIS. I did that.
'IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility' should be turn on in the Windows features. I did that.

It still doesn't work. Any other solutions? Please help me.

most of the times, restarting iis and or visual studio helps. — Anuj Pandey, Mar 12 '14 at 17:48
Restarting the visual studio worked for me, our project always requires to be run in admin mode. — eswara amirthan s, Dec 08 '22 at 17:32

score 140 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '16 at 09:42

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Try to start Visual Studio under administration account by choosing Run as administrator.

answered Apr 21 '16 at 09:42

Babak

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The OP has already tried that `1. VS should be running as Administrator. I did that.` – Jason Evans Apr 21 '16 at 09:46
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Answer was helpful for me before, and now again with VS17 :) – radbyx Mar 08 '17 at 07:33
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I don't really consider this a truly helpful answer, because there are better solutions. Still looking for it. Yes this does fix the problem for me, but on old work machine I didn't have to do this. So surely there is a more permanent, less "remember to always run VS in administrator" solution. – shmup May 10 '17 at 15:02
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@Jared Right click on your VS shortcut -> properties -> shortcut -> Advanced -> run as administrator – Mario Lopez Jan 11 '18 at 00:54
Double check VS is running as admin - I had mine to always run as admin and it somehow disabled this option. Re-enabled – niico Apr 04 '18 at 14:05
Follow @Jared's instructions and practice using your shortcut to launch VS instead of launching the .sln from file explorer. – Gregory Bologna Dec 17 '20 at 15:36

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 21 '16 at 09:23

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If nothing works as above said solutions , try this out

Start >> Control Panel >> Click Programs
Click Turn Windows features on or off.
In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue
Expand Internet Information Services, expand Web Management Tools, and then expand IIS 6 Management Compatibility
Click to select the IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility check box, and then click OK.

answered Jun 21 '16 at 09:23

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Not all Operating systems have this. This is most certainly not the correct answer for me. – Barry Jan 31 '17 at 16:47
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My OS had this, but it was still ineffective. – James B. Nall Aug 05 '22 at 12:11

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 19 '14 at 21:51

I had this same problem.

I was trying to move my solution to a different DEV server of mine, that I don't use that often.

1.) I had not installed some of the items from the Application Development (duh, right) sections of the IIS Role Services. I ended up checking everything, but I think you only need ASP.NET

2.) I installed the asp.net and web tools 2013 available by clicking here

IIS does not list a web site that matches the launched URL

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