web browser stopped opening on project run

Question

This problem started ocurring after I had installed Visual Studio 2011 beta. Either I run my asp.net site with or without debugging, browser doesn't open anymore. Web server starts working(asp.net development server and/or IIS Express) but no browser is opened automatically when I click the link [localhost:myport] from web server's context menu.

Any suggestions what the problem could be?

[UPDATE] Also links in "MS Outlook" and "MS Word" stopped working.

[UPDATE2] Fortunatelly the fix was found: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823301

Answer 1

I just got this problem, F5 to start the Asp.Net app it compiles and runs but doesn't launch a web browser!

I narrowed it down to this setting in the config, removing this section from the appSettings.json allowed the app to use the launchSettings.json.

  "Kestrel": {
    "Endpoints": {
      "Http": {
        "Url": "http://localhost:5000"
      },
      "Https": {
        "Url": "https://localhost:5001"
      }
    }
  }