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Asked: 2026-05-20T09:35:06+00:00

I am currently working on a MVC3 project with Razor. I have switchen on

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I am currently working on a MVC3 project with Razor.
I have switchen on compilation of Views to be aware of spelling errors etc. at compile-time.

As soon as I switch on the <MvcBuildViews>true</MvcBuildViews> in the projects configuration file a get the following error during compile:

Error 1 It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition=’MachineToApplication’ beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

I read several possible solutions to the problem, mostly concerning IIS and virtual Directories or Applications.
The problem is, that I do not use IIS, but instead use the default Visual Studio Development Server.

What can I do to solve this problem?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I have tried a lot of different solutions available in the web, but either they did not quite fit onto my problem, or they did not work.

    To recap my problem:

    After switching CompileViews on, I immediately got the above error during compile.
    I am using the default Visual Studio Development Server of VS2010 to test my MVC app.

    Today I opened a request at Microsoft Developer support, and – I am almost ashamed to admit it – got my answer approximately 30 seconds into the callback from the technician:

    All he said was: Please goto your obj folder and delete all contents. Then compile again.

    And that really was all it took.

    So after a lot of head-shaking about myself I wanted to share the results with you.

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