Iis express taking forever to load in visual studio 2017 debug

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Hi, I have an application using ASP.NET Core 1.1 MVC. I tried to debug the logics that I have written and launch my application using IIS Express but when the browser prompt out it is showing only "Waiting for localhost..." at the bottom of the browser(Chrome) and in the URL bar only showing "localhost:<port>" and keep loading.
I tried to goto my taskbar at the bottom right of my windows and launch the application from the IIS Express symbol and it loaded successfully under approx. 3 seconds.
I am clueless on how to fix this issue. Below are me testing so far...

What I have tried:

1. Delete the ".vs" folder in my project as suggested online but to no avail.
2. Delete the "IISExpress" folder in <username>/Documents path but again to no avail.
3. Change port number under the "Properties" of my project but did not work too.
4. Close all instances of Visual Studio and restart my PC but did not yield intended result.