Deploying MVC 4 application to localhost gives HTTP Error 404 [closed]

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Using Visual Studio 2012 Express on Windows 7, From MVC 4 internet application template I created a new project, then used the simple membership and tested successfuly the authentication.

Then to try the simplest deployment way, as first step I tried the application on localhost, following the next steps:

published the project using File System publish method,
targeted a new folder: "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyApp",
copied App_Data folder into "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyApp",
allowed to IIS_IUSRS read permission on folder "MyApp".

As database is an SQL CE type, I think that there is nothing to change in the web.config connectionStrings section.

Publishing went great untill the final step: browser loading, I got the next error:

Not Found

HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found. - with Error code: 0x80070002

I failed to find an answer to this issue on google in a limited time, Please advise what could be done ?

You added the site to IIS yeah? Did you also add the URL you added to IIS to your hosts file? — Mathew Thompson
– Mathew Thompson, Commented Nov 22, 2012 at 22:03
As I use Visual studio Express 2012, it has its own IIS Express, I wanted first to try loading the site using IIS Express on localhost, then when it succeed, I'll pass to the next step: publishing on windows 7 IIS. Please correct me if my approach is wrong. — Sami-L
– Sami-L, Commented Nov 22, 2012 at 22:24
If you're using IIS Express, what URL is set up in the project properties? — Mathew Thompson
– Mathew Thompson, Commented Nov 22, 2012 at 22:26
Do you mean: Project -> Properties -> Web (Tab) -> Servers (section) -> Project Url ? it contains: htpp://localhost:2786/ — Sami-L
– Sami-L, Commented Nov 22, 2012 at 23:22
@mattytommo, you're right to search in the URL direction, In the publish properties of the project, I changed the destination URL and the Target location name (alias here: MyApp) which was containing space character, then I got no more 404 error, but this time I got HTTP 403.14 - Forbidden, which means no default document is specified for the application, now I wonder why routing to the default document is not the same after publish. Please make an answer below in order to make this post answered. — Sami-L
– Sami-L, Commented Nov 23, 2012 at 10:05

Mathew Thompson · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-23 10:38:14Z

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As stated in my comments, make sure your URL is correctly formatted in the Project Properties. Also, make sure you set up a default startup page (if you don't have an Index action in the Home Controller).

answered Nov 23, 2012 at 10:38

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