.net MVC 2 default Route suddenly stopped working

Question

Hello,

today the default route for my site stopped working, but the strange thing is that the global.ascx has not changed at all.

when i enter the URL mysite.com/

i get this 404 error

The resource cannot be found. Requested URL: /Views/Start/Index.aspx

i have a bog standard default MVC route

        routes.MapRoute(
                    "Default",
                    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                    new { controller = "Index", action = "Index", id = "" }
                ); 

the oddball thing is that even if i create a Start folder with a copy of my index view, it still doesn’t work and throws the same 404 error.

has anyone else had this issue ??

any help is most appreciated

Truegilly

Answer 1

Re-add ASP.Net MVC's default Default.aspx file to the site root.

This file forces requests to / to run through the routing engine.