I was able to install all but umbraco.
I get an error that webmatrix 3 can't access the applicationhost.config from IIS.

I tried giving it the proper permissions but I guess I can't find the right user group to give permissions to.

Hi Christina

Are you still strugling with this? Thought we had another post where you said you succeeded? :)

/Jan

Hi Jan

Yes and no.

This here was my first post and because I did not get some answers, I set up another post and that was it you responded to. Yes I got the right and nice answer from you and found out how to install manualt, and it works FINE.

but

I have since found out that when you install only from WebMatrix I get an error message.

It is ASP.NET MVC Tools update install I can not get permission to install. Probably therefore a bug.

I've tried to add ASP.NET MVC Tools Update installer through Web 4.5 platform.

Do not know exactly what the error is due?

Hi,

I wrote an article about getting started with Umbraco using Visual Studio.  NuGet will handle all of the related dependencies for you.

http://www.tekcent.com/articles/2013/getting-started-with-umbraco-and-visual-studio-2012/

Hope that helps.

Anton

talked to webmatrix support.

Got this answer and it is working for me.

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BTW, supposing this issue is related to the access permission of the default IISExpress configuration files, I think you can try to change the default directory path of the IISExperss configuration files with “/userhome” parameter and generate the configuration files again and confirm if another directory works or not. The below screenshot is to create a new directory of “C:\NewIISExpressHome” and run IISExpress via command line with the newly created directory. Please try to run these commands on your machine and check if that solves your problem.

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C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express> md c:\NewIISExpressHome

C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express> iisexpress.exe /userhome:c:\NewIISExpressHome

Starting IIS Express ...

Successfully registered URL "http://localhost:8080/" for site "WebSite1" applica

tion "/"

Registration completed for site "WebSite1"

IIS Express is running.

Enter 'Q' to stop IIS Express

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After running the above commands, if you see no error as the above screenshot, try to browse http://localhost:8080/ with your Internet browser.
If you get the correct result, you will be able to create site using WebMatrix, too.

FYI,

You can roll back the new IISExpress configuration home path by removing the below registry value. This registry key value is created by running IISExpress with the “/userhome” parameter and then IISExpress will use the new home directory path always unless the registry value is removed by users.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IISExpress\CustomUserHome 

Hi Andrew

Thanks for your info and what you have found out how to do.

I think it sounds very hard for me to understand but I'll try.

I know nothing about IIS Express - do not know where to start.

What should I do first (I'm totally new).

Christina 

Alright,

Start by opening command prompt. Then change your directory to where your IIS is located by doing

cd c:\Program Files\IIS Express

or

cd c:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express

Then make a new directory by doing

md c:\NewIISExpressHome

Then type the following command

iisexpress.exe /userhome:c:\NewIISExpressHome

then just 

press q

Thats it, now you should be able to install your site via webmatrix

No unfortunately it will not work ;-( (

Now I can not open my previous Umbraco projects in Visual Studio 2012.

Does it have anything related to each other?

"FYI,

You can roll back the new IISExpress configuration home path by removing the below registry value. This registry key value is created by running IISExpress with the “/userhome” parameter and then IISExpress will use the new home directory path always unless the registry value is removed by users.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IISExpress\CustomUserHome"|

I got that in the email too. Just roll it back and it should work again. 

Hi again

Unfortunately I can not fully understand what you mean - and how to do.

I have written in comand prompt as you said, and ended pressing q and nothing happened?

Is it something with my installation of IIS.

Are there other options?

Do not see why it should be so hard to get it to work.???

I have also tried with nuget via visual studio as Anton (above) as well have written an article

but when I am to build and run the site I also get this error message:

Unable to connect to the configured developement Web Server.

When you press q it is exiting the program.

After that you should be able to install via Webmatrix and/or IIS.

However....

Since it didn't fix your problems (and seems to have created a new one) when you hit q lets just undo that update.

find this directory on your computer and delete the registry key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IISExpress\CustomUserHome

any more problems you will prolly have to ask someone else, this is all I've got

Hi C Andreasson,

A few questions

1. Is your Visual Studio fully updated and patched? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38188
2. Are you running as local admin on your development machine?
3. Can you send a screenshot of the error message?
4. Can you repeat your installation steps again after installing the latest VS patch and running as system admin.
5. Final step, it seems that IIS Express is an issue on your machine,  In Visual Studio you can switch to the local visual studio development server to see if this issue goes away.  In the project properties you can choose NOT to use IIS Express (this option is only available in VS i believe).

Hi Anton 

You helped me a lot with my IIS Express problem and you found out that problem is to change in properties as you describe in question 5.

In my case I recognised an error with Web Deploy 3.5 during the installation process. This has nothing to do with Umbarco and I could solve this issue by manually downloading and installing Web Deploy 3.5 from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39277

Yours
Dirk

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