Have you ever found it annoying that any time you download some sample code you had to configure a virtual directory in IIS just to see it work, only to delete it if it wasn’t of use to you?  Well, with the .NET 2.0 Framework and a little help from Robert McLaws, you can now browse web sites from anywhere using the new built-in web server feature of ASP.NET 2.0:

"ASP.NET 2.0 Web Server Here" Shell Extension

In the above blog post, Robert had a few issues with his solution which he apparently resolved with the .msi which can be downloaded here.

The coolest part is that it even works on ASP.NET 1.1 projects! w00t!