ASP.NET MVC on IIS falls through to the static file handler

Question

I have a problem with an ASP.NET MVC site.

These are the details:

1. ASP.NET MVC 2
2. ASP.NET 4 integrated pipeline
3. IIS 7.5 on Windows Web

Answer 1

In my case, a similar error was thrown because StaticFile Handler was disabled / not working properly. I eventually fixed it by removing the handler and re-adding it through the web.config. Also, in case of a 403.3 error, change the RequireAccess-property value from "Write" to "Read"