error running asp.net mvc 2 project out of the box in vs 2010

Question

i created a new solution and it builds fine targeting framework 4.0 but when i run it, my browser comes up saying:

The resource cannot be found. Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly. Requested URL: /

any ideas on how to debug this?

Answer 1

Try adding the default.aspx page that comes with the asp.net mvc 1.0 project template. I had a similar issue running mvc 2 out of the box on a computer with IIS 5 (XP), and that did the trick.

Default.aspx:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="YourNamespace.Website.Default" %>

<%-- Please do not delete this file. It is used to ensure that ASP.NET MVC is activated by IIS when a user makes a "/" request to the server. --%>

Default.aspx.cs:

using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.UI;

namespace YourNamespace.Website
{
    public partial class Default : Page
    {
        public void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // Change the current path so that the Routing handler can correctly interpret
            // the request, then restore the original path so that the OutputCache module
            // can correctly process the response (if caching is enabled).
            string originalPath = Request.Path;
            HttpContext.Current.RewritePath(Request.ApplicationPath, false);
            IHttpHandler httpHandler = new MvcHttpHandler();
            httpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext.Current);
            HttpContext.Current.RewritePath(originalPath, false);
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

My guess is that you need to reregister or enable the framework under IIS. Try running aspnet_regiis from the appropriate framework tree and / or make sure that the proper framework version is allowed under IIS web extensions.