Internet Information Services (IIS) fail to start webserver - HRESULT : 0x80070020 (Reason: Skype update)

Internet Information Services (IIS) fail to start webserver - HRESULT : 0x80070020 (Reason: Skype update)
Recently when trying to start the website using Inetmgr I am getting error that "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070020)". Everything was working fine a day before. I checked the log and found that Skype was the only application that was updated the previous day. On checking the settings of the Skype I found that it is configured to use the port 80 which is the default port used by the webserver. I changed the port and the webserver started working.

Steps to change the setting in Skype
  1. Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Connection and un-check 'Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections'. 
  2. Restart Skype.

Comments

Ben said…
Thanks bang on!
Ben said…
Thanks spot on
Anonymous said…
Krish
Thanks it works for me
Unknown said…
THank you guys...Got strucked with this bug...Breaking the head for some time before reaching this blog...




Regards,
praveen Raja
Unknown said…
THank you Guys..Was breaking my Head..THis Helped me a lot


Regards,
Praveen Raja

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