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Asked: 2026-05-15T07:25:27+00:00

I have an ASP.NET application which features some server-side includes. For example: <!–#include virtual=/scripts.inc

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I have an ASP.NET application which features some server-side includes. For example:

<!--#include virtual="/scripts.inc" -->

These files are not present in my ASP.NET website project because my website starts in a virtual directory:

/path-to-my-application

When I choose Build Web Site, I get this error:

Failed to map the path ‘/scripts.inc’

Visual Studio cannot resolve these include files that are defined at the root directory level. They are not visible in the website project.

Aside from manually commenting out the #include references, is there any way I can get the website to build? Can I force Visual Studio to ignore those errors and compile the site?

Once the website is pushed out to IIS, there is no problem, because all the #include files are in place.

NOTE – Web Controls are not an option for this application. Please assume #include files are a requirement. Also, I cannot move the include files since they are used by other applications.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Can you make a copy of the includes files, place them in your solution on your dev machine and then tell VS not to copy those on build output (Build Action = None)?

    If not, why don’t you just hard code the entire link to the scripts.inc file (http://oursite.com/scripts.inc). Sucky work around, but I am pretty sure that you can’t just ignore compilation errors (but yes to warnings).

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