The pre-application start initialization method start on type System.Web.Webpages.Deployment.PreApplicationStartCode threw an exception with the following error message:Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation

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_{Monday, February 27, 2012 12:26 PM}

hi all,

i upgraded my vs to add mvc4. I,when created a new mvc4 application,am getting such error-"The pre-application start initialization method start on type System.Web.Webpages.Deployment.PreApplicationStartCode threw an exception with the following error message:Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation"

any clues?

many thanks

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_{Monday, February 27, 2012 3:56 PM ✅Answered}

is there any entry in web.config as :

<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="true" />

if yes try to remove this line.

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