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Asked: 2026-05-20T00:34:27+00:00

Upon creating a new ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor site, there are 9 Account\*.cshtml files

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Upon creating a new ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor site, there are 9 Account\*.cshtml files which seem to be views with the controller logic inserted at the top of the view in an anonymous code block. There is no account controller class.

Why is this? As I understood, the benefit of MVC was the separation of concerns of code & presentation. Does this imply that I should remove all of the existing files & re-implement the Authentication & Authorisation layers?

It seems odd that MS would ship the ‘worst possible example’ with their flagship web framework.

Thanks,
Jarrod

Edit: I was using the wrong entry point within visual studio to create the application (see my comment below). Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is incorrect. Here’s the default folder structure in the MVC3 Razor starter app:

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    As you can see, there are two controllers in the ~/Controllers folder.

    Just to be clear, I started a new VS2010 instance, created a new MVC3 project, selected “Internet Application” and Razor as the view engine.

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