Getting 404 error on MVC web-site

Question

I have an IIS7.5 web-site, on Windows Server 2008, with an ASP.NET MVC2 web-site deployed to it. The website was built in Visual Studio 2008, targeting .NET 3.5, and IIS 5.1

Answer 1

Typically I encounter this issue when there is a Routing problem. I compare a working vs non-working to resolve it.

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Today however I accidentially created a Virtual Directory in IIS.

It has to be an Application, right click on the Virtual Directory (with a folder icon) -> Convert to Application: