One ASP.NET MVC route not working - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a problem with routing, RouteConfig.cs contains these routes:
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
"TermsOfService",
"termsofservice",
new { controller = "Home", action = "TermsOfService" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
"PrivacyPolicy",
"privacypolicy",
new { controller = "Home", action = "PrivacyPolicy" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Contact",
"contact",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Contact" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Support",
"support",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Support" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
"ReadOurStory",
"readourstory",
new { controller = "Home", action = "ReadOurStory" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "BlogItem",
url: "blog/{name}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "BlogItem" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "ProductDetail",
url: "products/{name}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Product" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Products",
url: "products",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Products" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Tutorials",
url: "tutorials",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Tutorials" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Blog",
url: "blog",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Blog" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "TutorialDetail",
url: "tutorials/{name}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Tutorial" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
and these two actions in HomeController:
public ActionResult Products()
{
var model = LoadItemsModel(ItemType.Product);
return View(model);
}
public ActionResult Tutorials()
{
var model = LoadItemsModel(ItemType.Tutorial);
return View(model);
}
Now the link for products is working:
http://localhost:61296/products/
but the link for tutorials:
http://localhost:61296/tutorials/
returns error
HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden
The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory
I tried to change the route just for a test to tutorials2 and the action to Tutorials2 and then this modified link is working. I do not know why the route tutorials does not work.

Answer 1

Based on the error, my guess would be that you have a physical directory in your project folder called "tutorials". Any physical files/directories will always overrule any routes. Then, since directory listing is disabled by default, you get that 403 error. Remove or rename the physical directory and you should be fine.