IIS Express sites not started from Visual Studio 2013

Question

Some developers in my company work on a Visual Studio 2013 solution.
The solution includes the following ASP.NET web projects :

• Project : Espace
  • StartUp Project
  • Start Page : TestFiles\Authentication.aspx
  • Properties :
    • Development Server :
      • Always Start When Debugging : True
      • Anonymous Authentication : Enabled
      • Managed Pipeline Mode : Integrated
      • SSL Enabled : True
      • SSL URL : https://localhost:44301/
      • URL : http://localhost:4800/
      • Windows Authentication : Disabled
    • Web :
      • Servers :
        • Apply server settings to all users (store in project file)
        • IIS Express
        • Project Url : http://localhost:4800/
• Project : Espace.MockWS
  • Properties :
    • Development Server :
      • Always Start When Debugging : True
      • Anonymous Authentication : Disabled
      • Managed Pipeline Mode : Integrated
      • SSL Enabled : False
      • URL : http://localhost:6504/
      • Windows Authentication : Disabled
    • Web :
      • Servers :
        • Apply server settings to all users (store in project file)
        • IIS Express
        • Project Url : http://localhost:6504/
• Project : Espace.Switcher
  • Properties :
    • Development Server :
      • Always Start When Debugging : True
      • Anonymous Authentication : Disabled
      • Managed Pipeline Mode : Integrated
      • SSL Enabled : False
      • URL : http://localhost:57585/
      • Windows Authentication : Disabled
    • Web
      • Servers
        • Apply server settings to all users (store in project file)
        • IIS Express
        • Project Url : http://localhost:57585/
• Project : Espace.WebControls
  • Properties
    • Development Server
      • Always Start When Debugging : True
      • Anonymous Authentication : Disabled
      • Managed Pipeline Mode : Integrated
      • SSL Enabled : False
      • URL : http://localhost:57579/
      • Windows Authentication : Disabled
    • Web
      • Servers
        • Apply server settings to all users (store in project file)
        • IIS Express
        • Project Url : http://localhost:57579/

The following page is loaded in Internet Explorer after I start debugging on my computer (OS : Windows 7) : http://localhost:4800/TestFiles/Authentication.aspx.
But the page is not loaded after I start debugging on another computer (OS : Windows 8).
No error message is displayed but Internet Explorer keeps on waiting.
I have inserted a breakpoint in the Page_Load method but it is not reached.

Here are the sites started in IIS Express on my computer after I start debugging :

Site Name           URL                         PID
Espace.MockWS       http://localhost:6504/      3416
Espace.WebControls  http://localhost:57579/     848
Espace.Switcher     http://localhost:57585/     6676
Espace              http://localhost:4800/      3752
Espace              https://localhost:44301/    3752

Here is the only site started in IIS Express on the other computer after I start debugging :

Site Name           URL                         PID
Espace              https://localhost:44301/    11480

I guess the page is not loaded on the other computer because the four HTTP sites are not started.
Does anyone know why ?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

On the other computer, you have to copy over your config file in My Documents\IIS Express\config.

This is required by VS2013 while VS2015 stores it in the solution folder.