How do you set the startup page for debugging in an ASP NET MVC application

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How do you start debugging the application at the application root  For example  http   localhost 49742   I m always getting a page which doesn t exist  such as  http   localhost 49742 Views Home About aspx  Note that it would be OK to start at http   localhost 49742 Views Home About

User · Accepted Answer

Go to your project s properties and set the start page property    Go to the project s Properties Go to the Web tab Select the Specific Page radio button Type in the desired url in the Specific Page text box

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Revisiting this page and I have more information to share with others   Debugging environment  using Visual Studio   1a  Stephen Walter s link to set the startup page on MVC using the project properties is only applicable when you are debugging your MVC application    1b  Right mouse click on the  aspx page in Solution Explorer and select the  Set As Start Page  behaves the same    Note  in both the above cases  the startup page setting is only recognised by your Visual Studio Development Server  It is not recognised by your deployed server   Deployed environment  2a  To set the startup page  assuming that you have not change any of the default routings  change the content of  Views Home Index aspx to do a  Server Transfer  or a  Response Redirect  to your desired page    2b   Change your default routing in your global asax cs to your desired page   Are there any other options that the readers are aware of  Which of the above  including your own option  would be your preferred solution  and please share with us why

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If you want to start at the  application root  as you describe right click on the top level Default aspx page and choose set as start page  Hit F5 and you re done   If you want to start at a different controller action see Mark s answer

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Selecting a specific page from Project properties does not solve my problem   In MVC 4 open  App Start RouteConfig cs  For example  if you want to change startup page to Login   routes MapRoute           Default      Route name                       URL with parameters         new   controller    Account   action    Login       Parameter defaults

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This works for me under Specific Page for MVC        Home Index   Update  Currently  I just use a forward slash in the  Specific Page  textbox  and it takes me to the home page as defined in the routing

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While you can have a default page in the MVC project  the more conventional implementation for a default view would be to use a default controller  implememented in the global asax  through the  RegisterRoutes       method  For instance if you wanted your Public Home controller to be your default route view  the code would be       public static void RegisterRoutes RouteCollection routes                routes IgnoreRoute   resource  axd   pathInfo              routes MapRoute               Default      Route name               controller   action   id       URL with parameters             new   controller    Public   action    Home   id   UrlParameter Optional      Parameter defaults                     For this to be functional  you are required to have have a set Start Page in the project

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