How I can tell Visual Studio 2010 to launch built in web server from a different location. Is there a registry settings somewhere that I can modify or some how change the Debug -> Start Debugging menu item command?
From C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\10.0\WebDev.WebServer20.exe
To C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\10.0\WebDev.WebServer20.exe
If you've facing the problem in connection with Oracle integration with ASP.NET in Windows 7 64 bits, then relax... XD
That's the solution (I'm using Visual Studio 2010 32 bits):
First of all, follow the steps here:
System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7
Then apply these steps:
Copy the directory of your webserver (typically in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DevServer\10.0") to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DevServer\10.0";
Open cmd, navigate to directory pasted in step 1 and start the web server (in my case "WebDev.WebServer40") pointing to the directory of your project (be careful, because this path cannot contain parenthesis, that causes the Oracle Bug 'ORA-06413: connection not open' as can be see described here);
If you want to debug your application, change the default URL to the URL of your started server in Visual Studio. In Solution Explorer go to your project > right click > properties > web > in "Servers" section select "Use Custom Web Server" and place the URL that your server are running on. After this, start debug and be happy =D
For those who are still facing this issue in 2016 like me, you can change step1 of Caique Lemos's answer to:
mklink /J c:\ProgramsX86 "C:\Program Files (x86)"
And use c:\ProgramsX86\... for step2
Also, run as administrator can skip setting the folder permissions in the link above.
