[asp.net-mvc] Redirect to Action in another controller

I have two controllers, both called AccountController. One of them, lets call it Controller A, is in an Area called Admin and the other, lets call it Controller B, is not in any Area (I guess that means it's in the default Area?). Controller B has an action method called Login. I have an action method in Controller A, which has this line

return RedirectToAction("LogIn", "Account");

The problem is that I get a 404 when this line gets executed because an attempt is made to redirect to a non-existent action in Controller A. I want to call the action method in Controller B. Is this possible?

Use this:

    return this.RedirectToAction<AccountController>(m => m.LogIn());

This should work

return RedirectToAction("actionName", "controllerName", null);

You can use this:

return RedirectToAction("actionName", "controllerName", new { area = "Admin" });

Try switching them:

return RedirectToAction("Account", "Login");

I tried it and it worked.

Use this:

return RedirectToAction("LogIn", "Account", new { area = "" });

This will redirect to the LogIn action in the Account controller in the "global" area.

It's using this RedirectToAction overload:

protected internal RedirectToRouteResult RedirectToAction(
    string actionName,
    string controllerName,
    Object routeValues
)

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