Razor View throwing The name model does not exist in the current context

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After significant refactoring in my MVC 4 application  and Razor shows this error while debugging Views      The name  model  does not exist in the current context    This is the offending line of code    model ICollection lt DataSourceByActive gt    I know that the usage of  model is correct   Why is this happening  How can I fix it

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Here is what I did    Close Visual Studio  Delete the SUO file Restart Visual Studio   The  suo file is a hidden file in the same folder as the  svn solution file and contains the Visual Studio User Options

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In my case  the issue was that after upgrading the project from MVC 4 to MVC 5 I somehow missed a version change in the Views web config        lt sectionGroup name  system web webPages razor  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorWebSectionGroup  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  gt                It still had the old 2 0 0 0 version  After changing the version to 3 0 0 0 everything started working just right   Also  because of this problem  Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition would start bashing the CPU  30-40  usage at idle  every time I would open a  cshtml file

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There appear to be 3 version-number settings which need to be correct in relation to each other here       System Web Mvc  Version x x x x      in various places   Views web config      System Web WebPages Razor  Version x x x x      in various places   Views web config   lt add key  quot webpages Version quot  value  quot x x x x quot    gt   in   web config  NB  root web config  Combinations that have worked for me  Combination 1  System Web Mvc  Version 4 0 0 0 System Web WebPages Razor  Version 2 0 0 0  lt add key  quot webpages Version quot  value  quot 2 0 0 0 quot    gt  Combination 2  System Web Mvc  Version 5 2 7 0 System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  lt add key  quot webpages Version quot  value  quot 3 0 0 0 quot    gt  A final observation is that the webpages Version setting appears to be optional  Removing it appears to have no negative consequences  at least in the context of the issue at hand

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For me  the issue was a conflicting  NET version in one of the libraries that I recently imported   The library I imported was compiled for 4 5 2 and the ASP NET MVC site I imported it into targeted 4 5   After recompiling said lib for 4 5 the website would comppile     Also  there were no compilation errors  but the issue was being reported as a  warning    So be sure to read all warnings if there are any

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In my case I was missing   at the beginning of the foreach       foreach  var item in Model                 lt tr class  clickable-row  gt               lt td class  clickable-field  gt                   Html DisplayFor modelItem   gt  item Label               lt  td gt               lt td class  clickable-field hidden-xs  gt                   Html DisplayFor modelItem   gt  item Value               lt  td gt           lt  tr gt

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For some reason my web config had 0 0 0 0 in the oldVersion attribute     lt runtime gt         lt dependentAssembly gt           lt assemblyIdentity name  System Web Mvc  publicKeyToken  31bf3856ad364e35    gt           lt bindingRedirect oldVersion  0 0 0 0-5 2 3 0  newVersion  5 2 3 0    gt         lt  dependentAssembly gt   lt  runtime gt    changing to 1 0 0 0 was the solution      lt dependentAssembly gt       lt assemblyIdentity name  System Web Mvc  publicKeyToken  31bf3856ad364e35   gt       lt bindingRedirect oldVersion  1 0 0 0-5 2 3 0  newVersion  5 2 3 0   gt     lt  dependentAssembly gt

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None of the existing answers worked for me  but I found what did work for me by comparing the  csproj files of different projects  The following manual edit to the  csproj XML-file solved the Razor-intellisense problem for me  maybe this can help someone else who has tried all the other answers to no avail  Key is to remove any instances of  lt Private gt False lt  Private gt  in the  lt Reference gt  s    lt ItemGroup gt     lt Reference Include  Foo  gt       lt HintPath gt path to Foo lt  HintPath gt       lt  --  lt Private gt False lt  Private gt  -- gt     lt  Reference gt     lt Reference Include  Bar  gt       lt HintPath gt path to Bar lt  HintPath gt       lt  --  lt Private gt True lt  Private gt  -- gt     lt  Reference gt   lt  ItemGroup gt    I don t know how those got there or exactly what they do  maybe someone smarter than me can add that information  I was just happy to finally solve this problem

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In my case  the following code founds to be useful  Place below code in Web config file under Views folder    lt configSections gt      lt sectionGroup name  system web webPages razor  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorWebSectionGroup  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  gt      lt section name  host  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration HostSection  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  requirePermission  false    gt      lt section name  pages  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorPagesSection  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  requirePermission  false    gt     lt  sectionGroup gt    lt  configSections gt    Once the code is updated  make sure to clean and rebuild the solution  I hope this will help you out

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I ve found a solution  If you want to update razor version or mvc 4 to 5  change some lines   Old code in Views web config   lt sectionGroup name  system web webPages razor  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorWebSectionGroup  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 2 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  gt     lt section name  host  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration HostSection  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 2 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  requirePermission  false    gt     lt section name  pages  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorPagesSection  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 2 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  requirePermission  false    gt   lt  sectionGroup gt    Replaced with   lt sectionGroup name  system web webPages razor  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorWebSectionGroup  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  gt       lt section name  host  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration HostSection  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  requirePermission  false    gt       lt section name  pages  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorPagesSection  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  requirePermission  false    gt   lt  sectionGroup gt    sectionGroup must be change  too

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I had the same issue  I created a new project and copied the web config files as recommended in the answer by Gupta  but that didn t fix things for me  I checked answer by Alex and Liam  I thought this line must have been copied from the new web config  but it looks like the new project itself didn t have this line  MVC5     lt add key  webpages Version  value  3 0 0 0    gt    Adding the line to the views web config file solved the issue for me

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if you take this problem without any change on your project as like as me  you need change your web config that placed in View Folder  just write new line by Enter or Remove an empty line   then save your web config and rebuild  my problem solved with this solution

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In order to solve this I made sure that I upgraded to the newest MVC version using NuGet and Package Manager Console   Install-Package Microsoft AspNet Mvc -Version 5 2 4  Then upgraded to the latest Razor version  Install-Package Microsoft AspNet Razor -Version 3 2 4  Then I changed all the web config files to reflect the change  As you will see below   In the main web config file  make sure that the webpages version is correct   This is where it can be found  ignore the other keys     lt configuration gt    lt appSettings gt      lt add key  webpages Version  value  3 0 0 0   gt      lt add key  ClientValidationEnabled  value  true   gt      lt add key  UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled  value  true   gt    lt  appSettings gt   lt  configuration gt    Then look for the other versions listed in the assemblies  check the version of the assembly against the version of the library listed in your project references   You may not need all of these    lt system web gt       lt compilation debug  true  targetFramework  4 6  gt           lt assemblies gt               lt add assembly  System Web Abstractions  Version 4 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35   gt               lt add assembly  System Web Helpers  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35   gt               lt add assembly  System Web Routing  Version 4 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35   gt               lt add assembly  System Web Mvc  Version 5 2 4 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35   gt               lt add assembly  System Web WebPages  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35   gt           lt  assemblies gt       lt  compilation gt   lt  system web gt    Runtime assemblyBinding should show the  newversion  as well  see where it reads NewVersion 5 2 4 0   But also check all the other versions    lt runtime gt       lt assemblyBinding xmlns  urn schemas-microsoft-com asm v1  gt          lt dependentAssembly gt           lt assemblyIdentity name  System Web Razor  publicKeyToken  31bf3856ad364e35  culture  neutral   gt           lt bindingRedirect oldVersion  0 0 0 0-3 0 0 0  newVersion  3 0 0 0   gt         lt  dependentAssembly gt         lt dependentAssembly gt           lt assemblyIdentity name  System Web Helpers  publicKeyToken  31bf3856ad364e35   gt           lt bindingRedirect oldVersion  1 0 0 0-3 0 0 0  newVersion  3 0 0 0   gt         lt  dependentAssembly gt         lt dependentAssembly gt           lt assemblyIdentity name  System Web WebPages  publicKeyToken  31bf3856ad364e35   gt           lt bindingRedirect oldVersion  1 0 0 0-3 0 0 0  newVersion  3 0 0 0   gt         lt  dependentAssembly gt         lt dependentAssembly gt           lt assemblyIdentity name  System Web Mvc  publicKeyToken  31bf3856ad364e35   gt           lt bindingRedirect oldVersion  1 0 0 0-5 2 4 0  newVersion  5 2 4 0   gt         lt  dependentAssembly gt       lt  assemblyBinding gt     lt  runtime gt    THEN in the Views Web Config section  make sure that Razor is the correct version    lt configuration gt     lt configSections gt       lt sectionGroup name  system web webPages razor  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorWebSectionGroup  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  gt         lt section name  host  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration HostSection  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  requirePermission  false    gt         lt section name  pages  type  System Web WebPages Razor Configuration RazorPagesSection  System Web WebPages Razor  Version 3 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  requirePermission  false    gt       lt  sectionGroup gt     lt  configSections gt   lt configuration gt    And Lastlt there is the Pages section of the Views Web Config       lt pages     validateRequest  false      pageParserFilterType  System Web Mvc ViewTypeParserFilter  System Web Mvc  Version 5 2 4 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35      pageBaseType  System Web Mvc ViewPage  System Web Mvc  Version 5 2 4 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35      userControlBaseType  System Web Mvc ViewUserControl  System Web Mvc  Version 5 2 4 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  gt         lt controls gt           lt add assembly  System Web Mvc  Version 5 2 4 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35  namespace  System Web Mvc  tagPrefix  mvc    gt         lt  controls gt       lt  pages gt

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In my case  I removed web config file from Views folder by accident  I added it back   and it was OK

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I solved the problem by using  Model instead of just model when printing the variables

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I think you have messed up the web config file which lives in the Views folder   Create a new project targeting the same  NET framework and copy its Views web config file on top of the one in your current project  This will fix your problem   Also  as Dudeman3000 commented  if you have Areas in your MVC project they all have Views web config files too

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Changing to  Model from  model did the job for me     model represents the View Model object type   Model represents the View Model object

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You are likely to use in the code a variable named model

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Changing following line in web config of view folder solved the same error   From    lt host factoryType  System Web Mvc MvcWebRazorHostFactory  System Web Mvc  Version 5 2 2 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35    gt    To   lt host factoryType  System Web Mvc MvcWebRazorHostFactory  System Web Mvc  Version 5 0 0 0  Culture neutral  PublicKeyToken 31BF3856AD364E35    gt

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In my case  I recently updated from MVC 4 to MVC 5  which screws up the web config pretty badly  This article helped tremendously   http   www asp net mvc overview releases how-to-upgrade-an-aspnet-mvc-4-and-web-api-project-to-aspnet-mvc-5-and-web-api-2  The bottom line is that you need to check all your version number references in your web config and Views web config to make sure that they are referencing the correct upgraded versions associated with MVC 5

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Make sure you have the following in both your site Web config and views directory Web config in the appSettings section   lt add key  webpages Version  value  2 0 0 0    gt      For MVC5 use    lt add key  webpages Version  value  3 0 0 0    gt     And it only exists in the main Web config file

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I was trying to add a view which were outside of my  Views  folder  just to organize my code differently  I guess   when I had this issue  Creating the view inside Views  as by convention  solved it

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I was using an MVC4 project with Visual Studio 2019 - and it turned out VS 2019 does not support MVC 4 out-of-the-box  You have to install this   Steps     Open Visual studio installer  Search for Visual Studio Installer in windows  Click individual components Write  mvc  in the search box Check the mvc4-box Click  Modify  at the bottom right   NOTE  Required for visual studio to be closed

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I had the same problem when deploying to an Azure App Service  In my case it was because   Views Web config wasn t included in the project   It worked in IIS Express but when I deployed to azure  I got the same error  By not being included in the  csproj file  it wasn t deployed   The solution was to ensure   Views Web config is included in the project   If you go to solution explorer and click the  Show all files  icon  then open up Views you might see an unincluded Web config file under there   Add it in  re-publish  and bob s your uncle

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