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Error 0x80070020 when you try to start a Web site in IIS

Error 0x80070020 when you try to start a Web site in IIS At times you may notice that one or more Web sites are not started in IIS 7.0. If you try to manually start the Web site, it may fail with the following error message: Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070020) This issue may occur if TCP port 80 and/or 443 is grabbed by a different service. Resolution Run the following command from a command prompt to find the PID of the process which is using TCP port 80 and/or 443.  netstat -aon | find ":80" netstat -aon | find ":443" Below is the screenshot of command prompt.  Now using Task Manager you can easily find out to which process the above PID belongs and take appropriate action.  Open Task Manager - Look for PID. Most of the time Skype.exe will be using either of the port, end the Skype.ex...

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