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Why can't I access localhost any more?
I am unable to connect to localhost:3000 in any of the four browsers I've tried, including current versions of Chrome, Bravo, Edge and Opera. I inevitably get the message:
localhost refused to connect.
The other relevant bit of the message is: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
I created a Vuetify 3 app using Vue 3 and the current version of VS Code. There were no errors from creating the app. Executing http://localhost:3000 is supposed to make the default splash screen display in Chrome but, instead, I get the error message I mentioned above.
I'm running Windows 10 Home, version 22H2. I've used localhost successfully many times over several years on this same laptop so I'm baffled about what could be wrong.
I don't see any reason why this would be relevant but the timing is suspicious. Yesterday, I had an issue yesterday with copy and paste in Windows: CTRL-C simply wouldn't copy anything to the clipboard. I eventually resolved that by running sfc /scannow. Its report indicated that it had fixed some corrupted files. Is there any chance that this somehow messed up localhost (or that the issue which corrupted the clipboard also impacted localhost somehow)?
Can anyone suggest a solution?