MVC3 ASP.NET It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level

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I have looked up solution, but I haven't quite found the right solution for this problem. I would use to just clean my VS and that would fix it, but now it continues to keep coming up. Thanks!

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. C:\Users\atruong0\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\TubeRecord\TubeRecord\cathodeassembly\web.config

Which IIS version? 6, 7, 7.5? Or is it ASP.NET dev server launched by VS? — LukeP, Aug 09 '12 at 17:02
Its just running on VS2010, yeah the dev server launched by VS — AustinT, Aug 09 '12 at 17:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

I had this very same problem after enabling view compilation for my solution. I tried lots and lots of solutions but unfortunately none of them worked for me.

The first thing you'll want to do is install the ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update if you don't already have it. That was supposed to fix the problem, but for me, at least with VS Web Developer Express 2010, it didn't help.

I stumbled on this question about it and there are a lot of possible solutions there. I tried all of those before I found out about the tools update, but alas, no joy. I'd definitely recommend trying the tools update before anything else.

Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah I already have VS 20120 Tools Update installed. x.x — AustinT, Aug 09 '12 at 17:24

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '12 at 17:29

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Haha, So I figured out my simple problem. I just had another folder with duplicate files in it x_x. Thanks for the help guys.

answered Aug 09 '12 at 17:29

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MVC3 ASP.NET It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level

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