The view 'Index' or its master was not found

Question

I\'m new to the C# MVC project type and when I created an empty C# MVC project, I noticed the following error:

The view \'Index\' or its master was not found         


        

Answer 1

A useful diagnostic step is to right click inside the Controller's Action, choose "Go To View".

If Visual Studio can find the view, then it's probably in the right folder, so re-check your URL. For example, if using an Area then the area name should be in the URL:

/Area/Controller/Action