HTTP Status 500 on debugging ASP.NET Core with Visual Studio 2017

HTTP Status 500 on debugging ASP.NET Core with Visual Studio 2017

HTTP Status 500 on debugging ASP.NET Core with Visual Studio 2017

I gave my PC a new Windows installation and run into the following error:

Unable to start process C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe. The web server request failed with status code 500, Internal Server Error. The full response has been written to C:\Users\Ben\AppData\Local\Temp\HttpFailure.html.

It took my hours but the fix was very easy:

  • I uninstalled IIS Express via Windows' Programs and Features
  • I re-installed IIS Express 10 with the Web Platform Installer.

Error gone.