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why are there 2 web.config files

Why are there multiple (2) web.config files:

  • 1 in the root directory
  • 1 in the views directory
Solution

  • The web.config in the Views directory just has one significant entry, which blocks direct access:

    <add path="*" verb="*"
      type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler"/>

    This is so someone cannot manually try to go to http://www.yoursite.com/views/main/index.aspx and load the page outside the MVC pipeline.