AddressAlreadyInUseException when starting azure project locally

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Since I restarted my computer yesterday I cant start any of my azure cloud projects due to this error :-

System.ServiceModel.AddressAlreadyInUseException: Cannot listen on pipe name 'net.pipe://localhost/dfService/' because another pipe endpoint is already listening on that name. ---> System.IO.PipeException: Cannot listen on pipe name 'net.pipe://localhost/dfService/' because another pipe endpoint is already listening on that name.

I've checked the project ports and there all no standard ports that shouldn't and haven't conflicted with anything.

In a last ditch attempt I formatted my machine as I didnt have much on anyway and even with a clean install of VS2013, Azure SDK 2.6 and Windows 8.1 Im still getting the same error.

Has anybody has similiar problems or could suggest a direction for me to go in?

Thanks in advance.

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azurelocalhostiis-express

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It helped me to shutdown both Computing and Storage Emulator, close Azure Simulation Monitor (csmonitor.exe systray application) and manually start the Azure Emulator as an administrator. Also if it started the Emulator Express and you need Full Emulator (I expect so, since this error didn't appear with the Express for me), just stop it and start the Full Emulator using systray icon.

Just don't let Visual Studio to start it automatically. I don't know what was the real reason of that error, but this solved it for me.