ASP.NET MVC Page Won't Load and says “The resource cannot be found”

Question

I am having a problem where I try to open my ASP.NET MVC application but I get the ASP.NET error page which says this:

Server Error in \'/\' Applicati

Answer 1

Had the same issue, in my case the cause was that the web.config file was missing in the virtual dir folder.

Answer 2

In your Project open Global.asax.cs then right click on Method RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes); then click Go To Definition then at defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id =UrlParameter.Optional} then change then Names of "Home" to your own controller Name and Index to your own View Name if you have changed the Names other then "HomeController" and "Index" Hope your Problem will be Solved.

Answer 3

Make sure you're not telling IIS to check and see if a file exists before serving it up. This one has bitten me a couple times. Do the following:

Open IIS manager. Right click on your MVC website and click properties. Open the Virtual Directory tab. Click the Configuration... button. Under Wildcard application maps, make sure you have a mapping to c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll. MAKE SURE "Verify the file exists" IS NOT CHECKED!

Answer 4

Upon hours of debugging, it was just an c# error in my html view. Check your view and track down any error

Don't comment c# code using html style ie

Answer 5

Step 1 : Check to see if you have received the following update? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894670 If you have you might want to follow this procedure and see if it works for you. It worked partially for me. The item where it mentions the additional "/" to be removed is not entirely true but it did give me some insight to change my project properties just a bit.

step 2 : Right click on your properties for your Web Project in your Solun. Select WEB > Choose Current Page instead of Specific Page.

step 3 : Go into your project where you keep your *.aspx's select a start page. (Should be the same as the current page or choose another one of your choice :) ) Hit Debug Run.

Answer 6

Two Things Needs To Be Ensure:

1) Route should be proper in Global.ascx file

2) Don't forget to add reference of Controller Project in your Web Project (view is in separate project from controller)

The second one is my case.