Manually start Visual Studio dev. web server

I needed to manually start the Visual Studio dev. web server for profililng purposes…

The web server is located here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\9.0\WebDev.WebServer.EXE

Arguments

/port:<port number> Optional, an unused port number between 1 and 65535.
/path:<physical path> A valid directory where the web application is rooted.
/vpath:<virtual path> Optional, the virtual path or application root in the form of ‘/<app name>’.

Example

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\9.0>
WebDev.WebServer.EXE /port:8080 /path:"C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\WebApplication\Compiled" \vpath:"\"

About Mikkel Ovesen

I am a .NET developer, primarily developing apps for the web. I have been working with ASP.NET and C# for more than 5 years, and web development for 10 years. I like open-source software and burgers ;)
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