ASP.NET: This method cannot be called during the application's pre-start initialization stage

Question

I\'m trying to get an ASP.NET MVC 3 site running on IIS 6.0.

Currently when I request a page from the server it gives the following error:

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Answer 1

After upgrading some of my applications from ASP.NET MVC3 to MVC4 I was getting this error. It was a result of the WebMatrix assemblies (WebMatrix.WebData.dll and WebMatrix.Data.dll). I removed those references and assemblies from the /bin directory and that took care of the issue.