Windows 10: Localhost not redirecting to internal application - Windows 10

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]Hello,[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]Recently we upgraded OS Windows 7 to Windows 10, and since then, accessing internal application with localhost account/contact search is behaving little weird. On trying to access the URL, it doesn’t work on first click, but works on 2nd click.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

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[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]Example 1 We use window.open menthod to access target application page from source system.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]Application behavior illustrated below:[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]Ø[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]On first click of button, window opens momentarily but the address bar does have the right URL. It has “about:blank”. the same code works fine for regular URLs like google.com[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]Ø[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]On second click of button, window is populated with below sample URL, it redirects to the target application. [/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]http://localhost:10000/?AccountID=&&CustomerID=[/COLOR][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]1111111[/COLOR][/COLOR]


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[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]example 2 Trying to access the localhost URL directly on browser.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]Ø[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]On first attempt copy/paste the above URL, will not take us anywhere, it just keeps trying.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]Ø[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]On second attempt enter key event on the same URL, takes us to target application.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

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[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]The same code works fine in windows 7 OS, this started happening after windows 10 is applied and behaves the same across different virtual machines.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

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[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]More tests performed with no luck:[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]* Tried replacing Localhost it my IP address, no luck.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]* Tried on different browsers Chrome and Edge, same behavior.[/COLOR][COLOR=rgba136, 136, 136, 1][/COLOR][/COLOR]

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[COLOR=rgba211, 207, 202, 1][COLOR=rgba0, 91, 106, 1]-Eswar[/COLOR][/COLOR]
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Access localhost from another computer

Localhost, as the name suggests, points at the localhost. Use the hostname or IP from your computer on their PC's. ie something in the 192.168.x.x or 10.0.0.x range most likely.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Google redirection localhost.world

Guys, here is the solution, found in post #49.
Please perform the steps indicated and advise if that resolves things for you as well.

Many thanks to @moraleja39 for the investigative work!