ASP.NET MVC Areas with shared layout

Question

I have defined an area (Admin) in my ASP.NET MVC 3 application, created _ViewStart.cshtml in that area and addedLayout = \"~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml\";

Answer 1

Simply specify a blank area for them if they are to be served from root controllers:

@Html.ActionLink("About Us", "About", "Home", new { area = "" }, null)