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Asked: 2026-05-31T15:14:26+00:00

I am trying to get ASP.MVC to handle the URL /areas i.e. http://example.com/areas .

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I am trying to get ASP.MVC to handle the URL /areas i.e. http://example.com/areas. By convention there is a folder called Areas, so /areas never gets to my controller.

I want to be able to tell MVC to ignore this folder in this one case.

Ordinarily I would not use a name that conflicts with an existing folder but I am migrating a web application from Django to ASP.NET MVC and have a section of pages under /areas. I would prefer not to have to change all the existing URL’s just because of the framework.

For performance reasons I would prefer not to configure all requests to go through the MVC pipeline.

What other solutions are there?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It might be possible to use the IIS URL Rewrite module to redirect requests to specific folder and avoid the MVC pipeline completely.

    The example below is from http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/496/iis-url-rewriting-and-aspnet-routing/ which shows how to rewrite paths to point at a static resource (Under the heading “Static content management.”)

    <rewrite>
    <rules>
        <rule name="Rewrite to new folder">
            <match url="^Images/(.+)$" />
            <action type="Rewrite" url="NewImages/{R:1}" />
        </rule>
    </rules>
</rewrite>
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