MVC4 App opens with directory listing and gives a 404 for any direct URL's entered in the browser

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I've just deployed a previously (on my local IIS) working MVC4 app to IIS 7.5 on the dev server. After tweaking this and that - one knows how these things get forgotten - the app finally launches, but shows a directory listing of the app root. Clicking on most links there works, opening the directory listing of the subdirectory.

Elmah logs no errors and /elmah.asd also gives a 404. The site has an appropriate localhost binding in the hosts file. I can find nothing wrong. MVC is installed on the server, as another MCV app works fine

Posted 13-Feb-13 0:38am

Brady Kelly

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Sandeep Mewara 13-Feb-13 11:57am

Did you set the startup/default page for web application?

Brady Kelly 14-Feb-13 3:04am

Sandeep, you have some catching up to do. An ASP.NET MVC application doesn't have a startup/default page. It has a default route, which is set in code in the application, not in IIS.

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