azure role not starting after windows update 10February - azure

After installation of windows update on 10th February 2016, the azure roles are not starting in emulator (Full/Express).
The logs show below
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.391, FATAL] Role process exited with exit code of -2147024809
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.397, INFO ] Stopping role: deployment25(0).AzureCloudService2.WebRole1_IN_0. Notify: False Recycle: False StopTimeout: 30
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.398, IMPRT] State of deployment25(0).AzureCloudService2.WebRole1_IN_0 changed from RoleStateBusy to RoleStateStopping.
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.398, IMPRT] State of deployment25(0).AzureCloudService2.WebRole1_IN_0 changed from RoleStateStopping to RoleStateStopped.
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.398, ERROR] <- WapGetEnvironmentVariable=0x800700cb
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.398, WARN ] (Ignoring) Reading environment variable CleanupFirewallOnRoleRestart failed with HR: 800700cb
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.398, INFO ] The value of cleanupFirewallOnRoleRestart is set to True
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.398, WARN ] Attempting to recover role deployment25(0).AzureCloudService2.WebRole1_IN_0.
[00005748:00006624, 2016/02/14, 12:03:24.399, ERROR] Failed to create FSRM quota manager instance.
Update 14 Feb 2016
Looks like if i use full IIS (not IIS Express) and Full Emulator it works but if i select Express emulator (i can only select IISExpress) it does not*

As I have run into the same issue, I tried to uninstall the updates one by one and came down to the one causing the issue: KB3126593.
To verify, I installed all the updates again, except this one, emulator still started properly. After installing the problematic one, emulator stopped working, resumed after uninstalling it again.
I am using quite old Azure Tools v2.6, maybe this is fixed for the newer versions, cannot try this for myself unfortunately.
On my side, both Full and Express emulators were failing, both tried with IIS Express (not using full IIS).
Hope this helps!
Update 18 Feb 2016
I tried to contact Microsoft Azure Support to report this problem, also leading them to this StackOverflow question for more detailed information. They did not seem to care so much, because I don't have an appropriate paid support plan (quite frustrating). If there is anyone who would report this with a valid support plan, I am free to provide any info needed.
Update 22 Feb 2016
Microsoft Azure Support finally started to solve it, it has been reproduced and dispatched to the production team! The only workaround they presented is to use Full IIS in the meantime.

Uninstalling Windows Update KB3126593 solved the problem, but after the Windows update of patch day April 12th 2016, the emulator did not start again. By successively uninstalling the updates, I identified KB3147071 to be the culprit. I reinstalled all the other updates and excluded KB3147071 from further updates and now the emulator works again.

I use Azure 2.7 and ran into the same problem. After uninstalling Windows Update KB3126593 it worked. In the post-installation information section of that update, Microsoft mentions certain error messages that might show up in the event log. I installed the fix again and tried to start a worker (which failed of course), but I did not see any of the described messages. Then I added the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Safe Load Prefixes with the value 'C:\'. However, I still could not launch the worker role. So I uninstalled the update again and then launching worked. Just to share my experience with my attempt of having both: the Windows update and a working compute emulator.

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visual studio 2017 remote debugging azure api app: "The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document."

I'm trying to remote debug an asp.net core 1.1 api app (targeting .net framework 4.5.2) that's running on Azure.
I attach the debugger via Server Explorer. The debugger attaches to the correct process. But any breakpoint I set has the message "The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document."
All answers I've seen to such a problem assume that the modules window shows all modules loaded by my project, but in my case the modules window is empty!
I'm on VS2017 15.4.
If I remember correctly, I was previously able to remote debug the same project with version 15.2. The problem started occurring when I updated to 15.3 but I didn't pursue it at the time.
I submitted the problem on the MS forums: Can't remote debug Azure API app
and now I have received an official reply that it is indeed a bug in VS, and a fix will be available in the pending release (15.6).
They also suggested a workaround, which I tried and indeed worked: Manually Attach a Debugger to Azure Web Apps
Which involves:
Going to the web app Application settings in the Azure portal, and making sure that Remote debugging is enabled,
In the VS menu: Debug > Attach to Process..., entering the web app url with the debugging port, e.g.:
myapp.azurewebsites.net:4022
Then in the credentials that appears, entering the username & password that are available in the app's Publish Profile, which can be downloaded from the portal. If the username is $myapp, it should be entered like this:
$myappp\$myapp
Then choosing Managed(v4.6, v4.5, v4.0) code and then the name of the Core app.
Actually, I had found and unsuccessfully tried similar approaches before. The key for me was step 3. The others had suggested entering the username as .\$myapp, or myapp\$myapp. So make sure to enter it as written above.
BTW, seeing that the above blog post is from almost 2 years ago (Feb 2016), whereas the problem I'm experiencing was introduced only a few months ago, it seems to be a cure-all, and it is therefore worthwhile, for anyone who has to deal with remote debugging Azure apps, to save this information for future reference.
UPDATE:
After updating VS 2017 to version 15.5.2 the problem seems to have been fixed.
I have had the same issue with Visual Studio 2019. The fix for me was just to go in the VS menu: Debug > Attach to Process, and try to connect as describe by #Dan Z. The connection was not established, saying No connections found, but attaching a debugger from Cloud Explorer again, right after an attempt in "Debug > Attach to Process" is always successful. That is most probably a bug in VS

Cannot start Windows process activation service on Windows 10

After upgrading from Windows 7 Pro x64 to Windows 10 Pro x64, I cannot start IIS. Most of the Windows 10 system works fine. Some study tells me that the primary problem is that the Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) will not start.
I have another machine that upgraded to Windows 10 with IIS fine (Windows 7 Home Premium x64 up to Windows 10 Home Premium x64).
The IIS on that machine works OK (it only serves one website; so simpler setup.)
I have had NO LUCK finding anything on the Internet that resolves this.
I tried using the clean.iinstall IIS config files (no improvement).
I tried uninstalling IIS - uninstall failed and rolled back (see below).
I tried uninstalling WAS - uninstall failed, and rolled back.
DETAILS:
My first error trying to run IIS Manager program:
One or more problems have been detected during IIS upgrade. As a precaution,
one or more IIS services have been disabled. Please review the following error message:
Data loss has occurred - You upgraded your operating system or switched from one Windows SKU
to another SKU, and data from the previous installation of IIS has been lost or copied incorrectly.
As a result, the services W3SVC and MSFTPSVC have been disabled. Before enabling these services,
you should review the latest IIS 7.0 compatibility information.
(The link to see the IIS 7.0 compatibility information was a dead link.)
I decided to give it a try despite the compatibility warning. I started the services IIS, MSFTP, WAS and W3SVC (depends on WAS), then tried to start IIS Manager.
Failed to connect
There was an error when trying to connect. Do you want to retype your credentials and try again?
Details:
Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {2B72133B-3F5B-4602-8952-803546CE3344}
from the IClassFactry failed due to the following error: 800700b7
Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700B7).
FACTS:
The IIS configuration files exist with non-zero length; they look coherent.
C:\Windows\System32\Inetsrv\Config
ApplicationHost.config
Administration.config
Redirection.config
I have a backup that I made that should be good (not just the automatic backups).
machine.config exists ok: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Config\machine.config
The appPools folder exists: C:\inetpub\temp\appPools
The upgrade changed IIS from v7.5 to v10.0.10240.16384
This machine has one user account (me) and the account is marked Administrator.
My previous Windows 7 Pro with IIS 7.5 worked FINE for several years. IIS was giving no trouble before the upgrade.
I can use other network stuff OK: Internet, Outlook, PuTTY, MySQL Workbench (remote & local), and FileZilla.
Trying to start the Microsoft FTP service, or run appcmd or start W3SVC or WAS all give the same error:
Error 183: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
appcmd list backup --> failed (running as Admin)
ERROR ( hresult:800700b7, message:Command execution failed.
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.)
Event Log after error starting WAS:
The configuration manager for Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) did not initialize.
The data field contains the error number.
error # = B7000780
I used the MS error lookup tool:
To see the appcmd error ( 800700b7)
for hex 0x800700b7 / decimal -2147024713 :
STIERR_HANDLEEXISTS stierr.h
1 matches found for "800700b7"
To see the WAS error (B7000780)
as an HRESULT: Severity: FAILURE (1), Facility: 0x1700, Code 0x780
for hex 0x780 / decimal 1920 :
SQL_1920_severity_10 sql_err
Skipping rebuild of index ID %d, which is on a read-only
filegroup.
ERROR_CANT_ACCESS_FILE winerror.h
The file can not be accessed by the system.
2 matches found for "b7000780"
I tried to uninstall IIS: 11/25
- uninstalled in windows features
- system did the work, I restarted system
- main system booted ok; then it treated the features
- the features uninstall failed at about 85% of total work
"We couldn't complete the features"
- system did a rollback
At reboot time, (some) services statuses are:
IIS runing auto IIS Admin Service (depends on HTTP service)
MSFTP off auto MS FTP Service (ftpsvc)
W3SVC off auto World Wide Web Publishing Service (depends on WAS)
WAS off auto Windows Process Activation Service
NetMsmqActivator off Auto Net.Msmq Listener Adapter
NetPipeActivator off Auto Net.Pipe Listener Adapter
NetTcpActivator off Auto Net.Tcp Listener Adapter
AppHostSvc off Auto Application Host Helper Service
==> THESE AUTO SERVICES ABOVE SHOULD BE RUNNING, BUT FAIL TO START PROBABLY DUE TO THE 'WAS' PROBLEM !
HTTP service is hidden, running:
sc queryex http ==> running
RPC and its dependencies are all OK, running.
I tried to uninstall WAS windows feature:
The system did the uninstall work, restarted, "could not complete features", rolled-back changes
I ran process monitor, but I could not see anything particular to resolve.
11/29 changed out the IIS configuration files, to use the clean.install versions:
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config
I replaced applicationHost.config with applicationHost.config.clean.install (renamed it to the regular name)
I replaced administration.config with administration.config.clean.install (renamed it to the regular name)
I rebooted
I still could not start FTP or WAS, so maybe it's not getting far enough to read the configuration files?

Failed to debug the Windows Azure Cloud Service Project. The output directory does not exist. / Azure SDK 2.3 / VS 2013

I have Azure SDK 2.3 installed on my Windows 7 machine. The target .Net framework is set to 4.0. I'm able to upgrade my solution to Azure SDK 2.3 and build with no problems. However, when I try to run the solution, I get the following error:
Failed to debug the Windows Azure Cloud Service project. The output directory does not exist.
If I revert the solution back to Azure SDK 2.2, the problem goes away. So there's some configuration that's added by the Azure SDK 2.3 upgrade that is causing this issue. This ONLY happens when I'm running the Azure Emulator. One thing I've noticed is that the build process somehow removes the "Debug" folder from the csx directory. When I manually add it back in, the build process removes it again and then I get the same error above. I'm at a loss as to what might be causing this since my "Active solution configuration" is all set to DEBUG for "Configuration" and ANY CPU for "Platform". I've tried all the troubleshooting steps from earlier threads on this issue (with Azure SDK 1.8) with no luck. I would appreciate any helpful suggestions on this. Thanks.
NOTE: Interestingly enough, if I deny all rights to the DEBUG folder in CSX, the emulator launches but then it fails because it doesn't have access to the DEBUG folder. So I'm puzzled by why the VS build process wants to remove that Debug folder.
ANOTHER NOTE: Apparently, it's the normal process for VS Build to wipe out the Debug folder. The run process with debug is supposed to recreate that Debug folder with everything in it. That doesn't happen. I confirmed this by reverting it back to Azure SDK 2.2 and noted that the run w/ debug actually recreates that Debug folder. This recreation process fails to happen when I upgrade to 2.3.
For me, the issue was I changed the Debug Solution Configuration to something other than Debug. Renaming it back to Debug fixed the issue.
I was able to solve this issue by simply uninstalling Azure SDK 2.3 and then re-installing it. That's it!
Got it solved by doing the following:
Change to "Release" configuration.
Build and run.
Change back to "Debug" configuration.
Build and run. No error now.
I was seeing the same error that the csx folder was empty. Doing the following fixed my issue:
Right click your *.ccproj > Debug > Start New Instance
None of the above worked for me, what did work was deleting the file
{YourProject}.ccproj.user
Close and reopen VS, build and run

Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 breaks my ASP.NET / IIS : "Service unavailable"

With Windows 8.1 finally released to MSDN/Technet today I came across the following issue running my ASP.NET application after doing an in place upgrade with Win 8.1 RTM:
Service Unavailable
HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.
The AppPool has died and shows a status of Stopped
The IIS log has nothing
There's a clue is in the Windows Application log which contains this error
The Module DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\rewrite.dll failed to load. The data is the error.
How can I recover my IIS to make it work again?
It looks like a simple uninstall and re-install of the rewrite module will do the trick.
Edit: As others have said - try a repair first - if it works then that should be faster.
It doesn't look like the Microsoft Web Platform Installer is able to uninstall it so just go to Programs and Features to uninstall it.
You'll find it listed as IIS URL Rewrite Module 2 and just click the Uninstall button on top.
Then reinstall it from here:
http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite
Make sure your App Pool is started - or just restart IIS and it should all work again.
Edit: 8/30/16 : A similar but unrelated error can occur if you have the 'new' .NET core installed and update to Win 10 Anniversary edition. See here: https://github.com/aspnet/Home/issues/1583 - Running a repair on VS 2015 Tooling Preview should fix it. Wanted to add it here since the errors are very similar to this answer.
I got this Event Log error after updating Win8.1 to Win10. To fix, go to the Control Panel -> Programs and Features, locate IIS URL Rewrite Module 2, right click and select Repair (it's quick). Next, restart your stopped AppPool(s). Should be OK now.
No need to uninstall nor reinstall.
Gary Davis
Don't need to uninstall. Just do a Repair instead, and it will works.
For some weird reasons, the only solution for me was to install previous version of the module, from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7435
I just ran in to this issue after an update. All of the app pools where stopped!
Starting them resolved the issue.
I struggled with similar issues last night.
It started out with a complaint about missing redirect.dll. After installing IIS' Redirect feature, that log message disappeared and all I was left with was a bunch of error messages from WAS. It tried starting my application pool five times until giving up.
A listener channel for protocol 'http' in worker process '120' serving
application pool 'my app pool' reported a listener channel failure.
The data field contains the error number.
The error code was "8007007E" (File not found according to google).
I then installed ProcMon from sysinternals.com and every time the w3wp process complained about "NAME NOT FOUND" right before terminating, I googled and installed the corresponding IIS feature. I repeated this until I had installed them all and got everything working again.
Installing everything is not a good solution, but I do not have time to investigate deeper right now.
I came across similar symptoms after changing my domain password. I had to also reset my password in my (hard coded!) App Pool settings on my dev box.
I had a similar issue with "httpplatformhandler.dll failed to load". Again the solution was to download the appropriate httpplatformhandler install msi from http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/httpplatformhandler and then run a repair.
The Repair worked for me after updating to W10 Insider Preview 160826-1902
I encountered the same problem in Windows Server 2012 R2. After I update Windows Updates to newest, it works.

IIS error when attempting to start WebMatrix

When I attempt to start WebMatrix, I get an alert saying "IIS Express could not be initialized. Please make sure that it is installed and configured correctly."
I've uninstalled and reinstalled both IIS Express and WebMatrix, with no change in this behavior. The advice I've been able to find on the net has been to assume ownership of the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.IIS.VersionManager registry key and replace all child object permissions with the permissions from that registry key. This didn't seem to help.
Looking in Event Viewer, I can see .net runtime exceptions whenever iisexpresstray.exe or webmatrix.exe try to launch:
System
Provider
[ Name] .NET Runtime
EventID 1026
[ Qualifiers] 0
Level 2
Task 0
Keywords 0x80000000000000
TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2012-09-29T21:28:02.000000000Z
EventRecordID 162768
Channel Application
Security
EventData
Application: iisexpresstray.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.ArgumentNullException >Stack: at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(System.Object) at Microsoft.Web.VersionManager.IisExpressVersion.Dispose(Boolean) at Microsoft.Web.VersionManager.IisVersion.Finalize()
I would greatly appreciate any help in diagnosing and fixing this issue. WebMatrix is going to be almost essential to a project I have coming up soon. Thanks!
For some reason, installing IIS 8 Express fixed the problem.
Just wanted to note that I too had this problem. Based on a previous suggestion, I downloaded IIS 8 Express. It did not install but gave me a chance to repair (so I assume WebMatrix installed it). I selected the repair button and restarted WebMatrix. I am no longer getting the aforementioned error.

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