[Resolving]Failed to access IIS metabase error

If you encounters such an error will working with Visual Studio 2003 or 2005 and IIS on XP

Solution :

1- Open Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt

2- Type the following command aspnet_regiis.exe -i

For a complete list of parameters and aspnet_regiis command description see msdn documentation here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k6h9cz8h(VS.80).aspx

Also refer to this post :

http://blog.devstone.com/Aaron/archive/2006/05/08/1586.aspx