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

I had a similar problem. But I was working with Episerver locally with ssl enabled. When I wasn't getting a

Server Error in '/' Application.

I was getting a Insecure connection error. In the end, for me, this post on PluralSight together with configuring the website urls, accordingly with the ssl link set up on the project's config, on Admin's Manage Website's screen solved the problem.

Answer 2

You should carefully review your Route Values.

routes.MapRoute(
   "Default", // Route name
   "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
   new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } 

In this case, ensure you have your Controller 'Home' as the application will fail to load if there is no HomeController with Index Action. In My case I had HomesController and I missed the 's' infront of the Home. I Fixed the Name mismatch and this resolved the issue on both my local environment and on my server.

Answer 3

The page is not found cause the associated controller doesn't exit. Just create the specific Controller. If you try to show the home page, and use Visual Studio 2015, follow this steps:

1. Right click on Controller folder, and then select Add > Controller;
2. Select MVC 5 Controller - Empty;
3. Click in Add;
4. Put HomeController for the controller name;
5. Build the project and after Run your project again

I hope this help

Answer 4

Suppose source code copy from other places.

Sometime, if you use Virtual Directory in your application url like:

http://localhost:50385/myapp/#/

No route will pick up the request.

solution:

Explicitly click the button 'create a virtual directory' in your project file.

Answer 5

Remember to use PUBLIC for ActionResult:

public ActionResult Details(int id)
{
    return View();
}

instead of

 ActionResult Details(int id)
 {
     return View();
 }

Answer 6

If you're running IIS 6 and above, make sure the application pool your MVC app. is using is set to Integrated Managed Pipeline Mode. I had mine set to Classic by mistake and the same error occurred.