IIS and Skype : IIS: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070020)

I just came back from work few hours ago. and i received a call from my PM about some issue, and it was on a web application running on HTTPS (SSL). so I tried to create a local application with SSL in my local IIS for testing purpose. ( to know how to create SSL sites in local IIS 7 see here.

well everything went well but I couldn’t start the HTTPS site because i got the following error:

After some Google search, and tracing my ports through netstat, i found out it was caused because of Skype. if you have Skype installed here is the way to resolve it.

All you have to do is go to Skype –> Tools—> options.

And under Advance tab click connection and you will see a screen similar to picture below. just deselect the highlighted option and save and restart your Skype. And start the SSL site in IIS. That’s all you’re ready to go with your SSL site through https://localhost.

Aneef Fashir (37 Posts)

Software Architect @ Assette, Sri Lanka

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Donna

Saved me! Would never have guessed that Skype was the culprit.

Thanks so much!
Donna

Saved me! Would never have guessed that Skype was the culprit.

Thanks so much!
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Wow! Great call dood!
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Wow! Great call dood!
Derek

Thanks for the tip. Fixed my problem after a few hours of head scratching
Derek

Thanks for the tip. Fixed my problem after a few hours of head scratching
Garth

Thanks for this, I have been trying to figure out what is breaking my WHS remote access page for ages and now its sorted!
Garth

Thanks for this, I have been trying to figure out what is breaking my WHS remote access page for ages and now its sorted!
Ethan

Thank you! I agree with others that I wouldn’t have thought this was a skype issue.
Ethan

Thank you! I agree with others that I wouldn’t have thought this was a skype issue.
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Thanks for the tips, we're experiencing that sometimes and we don't know what to do so thank you so much. You've helped lot of people about that problem.
Serge

Thank you for the issue explanation. This helped a lot!
Victor

Wow!!! unbelievable that skype could give problems in IIS. Closing skype did the trick
http://twitter.com/GaryStafford Gary Stafford

Thanks. Would have never thought of Skype as the problem.
Alex

I Reistall SharePoint to Fix this trouble. But, it is’t fixed. So then i Change Skype Settings, as describe in this post, and it’s fixed now! Thanks
Tayyab Ali

you saved the day. I wish i could have found it earlier. I created a post with link to your post. Thanks
Tayyab Ali

Here is the link to my post.

http://raotayyabali.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/host-file-redirection-https-and-ports/

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IIS and Skype : IIS: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070020)

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