>You could try editing the .csproj file and removing the UseIISExpress and following related elements. Haven't tried it but it might allow you to open the project. If you can open it the you can change the server settings in the 'Web' tab of the property pages....

Yes, this is what I tried earlier on this morning. Even if the XML tag was False, I did remove it. That did not change anything. Something seems to be linked to that in the binary file in the configuration.