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I just followed the instructions in this thread Browse Web Site With IP Address Rather than localhost but now I can't even launch IIS express. Specifically, the error I got is "Unable to launch the IIS Express Web server".

Visual Studio Project settings:

Use Local IIS Web Server
Use IIS Express
Project Url:http://3.114.169.118:1407/

Application Config Code

<sites>
        <site name="WebSite1" id="1" serverAutoStart="true">
            <application path="/">
                <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\TestBillingApp\BillingApp\BillingApp" />
            </application>
            <bindings>
                <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:1407:3.114.169.118" />
            </bindings>
        </site>

Created acl in cmd

netsh http add urlacl url=http://3.114.169.118:1407/ user=everyone

Update: I just noticed that if I browse to the ip in my browser right after launching, it's up and running. But it only runs for like 10 seconds, then I get the Unable to launch the IIS Express Web Server error, and it goes down.

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  • Are these settings for your local development machine? Because that IP address appears to resolve to "n003-000-000-000.static.ge.com" – BateTech Dec 09 '14 at 22:19
  • I fixed it by replacing the ip address with my machine name. your comment got me questioning that though which led me to the solution, thanks! – frank haverford Dec 09 '14 at 22:32

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Check that the IP address you are using is correct. Because the IP address listed appears to resolve to "n003-000-000-000.static.ge.com"

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  • I swapped the IP Address with my computer name and it worked and was accessibly throughout the network. However, once I lost admin privileges, I could no longer launch my application. I was granted admin privileges again and deleted the old acl and created a new one with the definition http://*:1407/ user=everyone. I'm hoping it will now still work when I lose admin privileges? I was getting access denied before when I lost privileges. – frank haverford Dec 10 '14 at 19:16