cant use http://localhost

[Waynest]

I've just started looking at web forms in .net

When creating a new asp.net web application I can't use the suggested location of

http://localhost/myProjectname

I get the error:

Unable to create Web Project 'WebApplication1' The filepath c:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\WebApplication1

does not correspond to the URL '

http://localhost/WebApplication1.

The two need to map to the same server location. HTTP error 400: malformed request

But if I change

http://localhost

to

http://myComputerName

then the project is created ok.

Anybody experienced the same problem or have any idea how I can define localhost?

I have Windows XP Pro & have installed IIS 5.1

Many thanks

 

[luanahubbart]

Did you ever find a solution to your problem?

 

[Waynest]

Yes I did, I can't beleive this was nearly a year ago! I seem to remember it was a proxy server setting.