FIX: Visual Studio .NET cannot open existing ASP.NET projects after you install Internet Protocol version 6 on Windows XP (818262)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft ASP.NET (included with the .NET Framework 1.1)
- Microsoft ASP.NET (included with the .NET Framework) 1.0
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP SP1
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Enterprise Architect Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Enterprise Developer Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Academic Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Enterprise Architect Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Enterprise Developer Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Academic Edition
SYMPTOMSAfter you install Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) on a
computer running Windows XP, Visual Studio .NET cannot open existing ASP.NET
Web projects. When you try to open an ASP.NET project, you may receive
following error message: Unable to open Web project
'ProjectName'. Unable to validate that the file path
'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\webasp10' matches the URL path
'http://localhost/ProjectName'. A connection with
the server could not be established RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, install Windows XP Service Pack 1
on the computer running on Windows XP, and then install Visual Studio .NET. In
IPv6 scenarios, critical functions such as opening and creating Visual Studio
.NET projects, may fail if the service pack is not installed. To resolve the
problem, follow these steps: - On your computer running Windows XP, install Windows XP
Service Pack 1. To download Windows XP service packs, visit the following
Microsoft Web site:
- Start Visual Studio .NET.
- Create a new ASP.NET Web Application
project by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual C# .NET. Name the project
IPv6.
- On the Build menu, click Build
Solution.
- On the File menu, click
Exit to quit Visual Studio .NET.
- Click Start, and then click
Run.
- In the Open text box, type
cmd, and the click OK.
- At the command prompt, type IPv6
install to install IPv6 on the computer.
- Click Start, and then click
Run.
- In the Open text box, type
iisreset.
- Start Visual Studio .NET.
- On the File menu, point to
Open, click Project, and then locate the
project file IPv6.csproj or IPv6.vbproj.
Click the project file, and then click OK.
- Verify that project opens successfully.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in Microsoft Windows XP.
This bug was corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1.
REFERENCESFor more information about how to enable IPv6 for Visual
Studio .NET 2003, read the file named IPv6.htm in the Setup folder of Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET 2003 CD1. For more information, visit the following
Microsoft Web site:
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
325449
How to install and configure IP
version 6 in Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Server
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/29/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbvs2002sp1sweep kbBug kbWebServices kbWebForms kbfix kberrmsg kbweb KB818262 kbAudDeveloper |
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