Error Received when using liveserver for VSCode

Question

I was wondering if anyone possibly know the solution for this error

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1146:16)

I'm trying to run a live server while working on my html file but it's not letting me . I restarted my pc..same issue... restarted program...same issue... used localhost... same issue ...switched setting to chrome browser....same issue..

I also added (code below) to my JSON Settings file...Still running to the same issues. It was running fine last night and this morning it completely stopped working.

"liveServer.settings.CustomBrowser": "chrome"

Answer 1

Open VSCode and click File, Preferences, Settings than type in search settings Liveserver port The LiveServer Settings Port option will appear, click Edit in settings.json. And set "liveServer.settings.port": 5500, save and close settings.json.

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And If you have a .vscode directory in your project directory then remove it.

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Restart VSCode and run Liveserver and keep on Coding! :-) Now it's should up and running;-)

Answer 2

ok so i had this same problem today and what i did was to go into file>setting look up live server and edit json and delete the settings there and saved and reloaded and it seem to start to work again.

Answer 3

I had the same issue. I changed my settings in settings.json(live server extension settings) to this . It started working again !!! I hope it's useful

{
"workbench.colorTheme": "Default Dark+",
"liveServer.settings.port": 5500,
"liveServer.settings.https": {
    "enable": false,
    "key": "",
    "passphrase": "",
    "cert": " "
},
"liveServer.settings.proxy": {
    "enable": true,
    "baseUri": "http://127.0.0.1:80",
    "proxyUri": "http://127.0.0.1:80"
},
"liveServer.settings.CustomBrowser": "chrome",
"liveServer.settings.donotShowInfoMsg": true,
"liveServer.settings.host": "127.0.0.1:80",
"liveServer.settings.useLocalIp": true

}

Answer 4

Helpful screenshot:

I typed exactly same URLs in these two boxes and Viola! The issue was resolved.