I have installed vs2012 (11.0.50727.1), I opened a new MVC4 with .NET 4.5 solution, i create a simple HomeControl
vs2012 (11.0.50727.1)
MVC4 with .NET 4.5
HomeControl
Old post but just to add for anyone looking
This seems like a catch all error. I got it when my web.config used an external section and that section was excluded from the Visual Studio project, i.e. using this