Unable to get Ripple session info for port 9222

I'm using Visual Studio 2015 with tools for Apache Cordova version 9.

I have an existing project that was working OK but all of a sudden I get

Unable to get Ripple session info for port 9222. Please close all instances of Chrome and try again. An error occurred trying to attach to the Ripple emulator. Exception: >Operation aborted (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004004 (E_ABORT)).

when using the ripple emulator.

Chrome opens, but instead of seeing my index page the address bar just has my IP address and the page shows a 404.

The project builds/rebuilds fine. This also happens if I create a new blank Apache Cordova app.

I have tried:

• deleting .suo and .sln
• run VS as administrator
• clear cordova cache
• clean solution
• reboot PC
• Repair TACO
• reinstall NPM

What else can I try? Is it just me or is TACO this flaky for everyone?

1) Right-click solution in project explorer, click Debug => Start new instance.

2) Go to Project => Properties => Configuration Manager, in top left corner click 'deploy'.