title: Why can't I debug from Visual Studio 2005 after installing IE8?
body: <p>I've just installed IE8 (final) and restarted. I can no longer debug Web Application Projects using Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2. I get the message "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" and then WebDev.WebServer.exe quits with no visible error message and nothing in the Event Viewer.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>Things that haven't helped:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Adding localhost to trusted sites</li>
  <li>Changing the port to 8080 or 80</li>
  <li>Checking my hosts file (it's just got 127.0.0.1 localhost in it)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Things that have helped a bit:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Running (not debugging) with CTRL-F5, which works fine (unless you need to debug)</li>
  <li>Changing the default Visual Studio browser to Firefox, which allows me to debug</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>My hosts file contains:</p>
  
  <pre><code># Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
  #
  # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
  #
  # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
  # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
  # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
  # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
  # space.
  #
  # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
  # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
  #
  # For example:
  #
  #      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
  #       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
  
  127.0.0.1       localhost
  </code></pre>