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The IIS Express FAQ notes that:
You can also manually launch IIS
Express from the command line and use
it with Visual Studio 2008, using the
custom web server option
How do I configure the Start Options to get this working?
The following seems to work for IIS Express launching from the command line:
Open the
Propertiesfor the web siteSelect
Start OptionsUnder Start Action select
Start External Program, put the path toiisexpress.exe(C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\iisexpress.exe)Command Line Arguments: /path:{path to the project solution} /clr:3.5
Under
Server, selectUse Custom ServerBase Url:
http://localhost:8080/(the default for IIS Express)Important! Uncheck everything under
Debuggersotherwise you’ll get an error “Unable to start debugging on the web server.Information on launching using a config file can be found at this site: Debug Your .NET Web Project With IIS Express [Tips & Tricks]. This is VS2010 specific but I suspect the same will work for 2008.