Deploy ASP.NET MVC 2 applicatiopn to Windows 2008 R2 - asp.net-mvc

I have a ASP.Net MVC 2 web site, which can be visited by http://localhost/Admin/ContentMgr/ in ASP.Net Development Server from Visual Studio 2010(RTM Retail).
When I try to deploy the site to Windows 2008 R2 , IIS 7.5 , the url always return 404.
First, my application pool is running on .Net 4.0, and Integration mode.
Second, my IIS do have "HTTP ERROR" and "HTTP Redirection" features on
And this is my web.config.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" defaultLanguage="c#" targetFramework="4.0">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Web.Abstractions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add assembly="System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<!--
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="~/Account/LogOn" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>
-->
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" >
<remove name="UrlRoutingModule"/>
<add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
</modules>
<handlers>
<remove name="MvcHttpHandler" />
<add name="MvcHttpHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="*" path="*.mvc" type="System.Web.Mvc.MvcHttpHandler" />
<add name="UrlRoutingHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="*" path="UrlRouting.axd" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</handlers>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
</system.webServer>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
</configuration>

ASP.net MVC 2 is not included in .net 4. You have two options:
Deploy the System.Web.Mvc.dll file into the /bin folder of your app
Install ASP.net MVC 2 in the server following this cryptic procedure

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ASP.NET MVC 4 Project - Razor intellisense has been lost

I've recently updated an ASP.NET MVC project from v3 to v4, and now my .cshtml Razor views have lost intellisense when edited in Visual Studio. Keywords and helper properties such as #model, #Url, #Html etc. are not being recognised and are producing errors in VS. When ran, the app itself works fine.
I've tried suggested solutions from various online sources, including SO, most of which involve tweaks to the web.config. I've been over them and I'm pretty sure my config settings are correct for MVC 4:
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
<section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<system.web.webPages.razor>
<host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web.webPages.razor>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler"/>
</httpHandlers>
<pages
validateRequest="false"
pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<controls>
<add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
</controls>
</pages>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<handlers>
<remove name="BlockViewHandler"/>
<add name="BlockViewHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Now, I have made some observations which give me an inkling what the problem might be. If I go through my web.config and revert the references to MVC 3, i.e. MVC from version 4.0 to 3.0, and Razor/WebPages from 2.0 to 1.0, my view intellisense comes back (but obviously this leaves me with a non-functioning app).
I think I may possibly have an installation issue and Visual Studio, for whatever reason, is unable to locate the assemblies specified in the web.config for the purposes of Razor intellisense. I installed the ASP.NET MVC 4 reference via NuGet, and I've double-checked that all my referenced assemblies are the correct version. I've tried re-installing the MVC package and I've tried cleaning and rebuilding several times.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions as to how I can get this working. It's really hampering my productivity at the moment.
I think you need the System.Web.Helpers namespace and possibly System.Web.WebPages:
Change this:
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
</namespaces>
to:
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
</namespaces>
The solution which worked for me (taken from the release notes at http://www.asp.net/whitepapers/mvc4-release-notes):
In Solution Explorer, right-click the project name and then select Unload Project. Then right-click the name again and select Edit ProjectName.csproj.
Locate the ProjectTypeGuids element and replace {E53F8FEA-EAE0-44A6-8774-FFD645390401} with {E3E379DF-F4C6-4180-9B81-6769533ABE47}.

IIS 8 - Static file requests going through managed pipeline in spite of runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="false"

I have an ASP.NET MVC 2 Web Application that works fine in my local Cassini server and it also worked fine when I last tested it against IIS 7.5 a few months ago.
My web.config looks like this (irrelevant sections removed):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<authentication mode="Forms">
<!-- 2880 minutes is 48 hours -->
<forms loginUrl="~/Welcome/Login" timeout="2880" slidingExpiration="true" />
</authentication>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" />
<httpHandlers>
<remove verb="*" path="*.asmx" />
<add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" validate="false" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
</httpHandlers>
<httpModules>
<add name="ScriptModule" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web.Routing, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
</httpModules>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<remove name="ScriptModule"/>
<remove name="UrlRoutingModule"/>
<add name="ScriptModule" preCondition="managedHandler" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web.Routing, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
</modules>
<handlers>
<remove name="WebServiceHandlerFactory-Integrated"/>
<remove name="ScriptHandlerFactory"/>
<remove name="ScriptHandlerFactoryAppServices"/>
<remove name="ScriptResource"/>
<remove name="UrlRoutingHandler"/>
<add name="ScriptHandlerFactory" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="*" path="*.asmx" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add name="ScriptHandlerFactoryAppServices" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add name="ScriptResource" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add name="UrlRoutingHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="*" path="UrlRouting.axd" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
</handlers>
<httpErrors>
<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
<error statusCode="404" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="Views\Shared\Iis404.htm" responseMode="File" />
</httpErrors>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
I'm now deploying it to IIS 8 on an Azure VM and requests for static content, e.g. /Styles/style.css go through the managed request pipeline, and because I have an authentication system in-place it means that those requests get blocked and replaced with my application's login screen.
I found this QA ( Prevent IIS from serving static files through ASP.NET pipeline ) and I changed <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"> to <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="false">, however that didn't fix it: requests to /Styles/style.css still caused my ASP.NET MVC code to be invoked (it invokes the Login action on my WelcomeController class, which fails because now the Controller.User property returns null).
I'm not aware of any changes in IIS8 that would trigger this - but how can I fix it anyway?
Update:
I added this to my Global.asax.cs but it didn't work:
routes.IgnoreRoute("Scripts/{*pathInfo}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("Styles/{*pathInfo}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("favicon.ico");
Update: I've installed IIS 8 on my Windows 8 Enterprise laptop and to my surprise, it works as-intended on there - so there's some configuration difference between my Windows 8 laptop and the Server 2012 Azure VM. Hmmm.
I began looking for differences between the IIS configurations of my local machine and the Azure VM and I found the solution:
I had overlooked the IIS > {website} > Authentication > Anonymous configuration: on the Azure VM it was set to Specific user for a user that didn't exist! Whereas in my local IIS it was set to Application pool identity.
I changed it to Application pool identity and now it works as-intended.
I'm surprised IIS didn't give me any other error messages or a more helpful way to diagnose the problem. Hmpf.

Restrict image access, making them only accessible from within .NET web application

I have a .NET application which uses some images stored in a folder on a server. the folder does not belong to my application. The images in this folder are used as background images of some div within the application. I published the image folder to the web along with my application and so everything work fine. However, Is there a way to limit the access of the folder to my .net application or a setting that can be set so that the content of the folder is not browsable/searchable? Right now, my application uses a url like www.domain.com/iisfoldername/picture.png to set the background of divs. Similarly if you use such URL in a browser, an image will be served. Is it possible to prevent this URL from being served when it is not requested from my application? That is, if someone enters this url in the browser, the image is not displayed, but the image displays when my application requests it.
I know of setting a authentication for a folder. But How can I limit an http request to a user and then impersonate this user(if possible)?
'
EDIT
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
<section name="system.identityModel" type="System.IdentityModel.Configuration.SystemIdentityModelSection, System.IdentityModel, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
<section name="system.identityModel.services" type="System.IdentityModel.Services.Configuration.SystemIdentityModelServicesSection, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
</configSections>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Version" value="1.0.0.0" />
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="ida:FederationMetadataLocation" value="https:ccc.com/Federation.xml" />
<add key="ida:Issuer" value="https://ccc.com" />
<add key="ida:ProviderSelection" value="productionSTS" />
</appSettings>
<location path="Federation">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
<authentication mode="None" />
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
<!--Commented by Identity and Access VS Package-->
<!--<authentication mode="Forms"><forms loginUrl="~/Account/LogOn" timeout="2880" /></authentication>-->
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" requestValidationMode="4.5" />
<profile defaultProvider="DefaultProfileProvider">
<providers>
<add name="DefaultProfileProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultProfileProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" applicationName="/" />
</providers>
</profile>
<membership defaultProvider="DefaultMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<add name="DefaultMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultMembershipProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" applicationName="/" />
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager defaultProvider="DefaultRoleProvider">
<providers>
<add name="DefaultRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultRoleProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" applicationName="/" />
</providers>
</roleManager>
<sessionState mode="InProc" customProvider="DefaultSessionProvider">
<providers>
<add name="DefaultSessionProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultSessionStateProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" />
</providers>
</sessionState>
</system.web>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="itextsharp" publicKeyToken="8354ae6d2174ddca" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-5.4.3.0" newVersion="5.4.3.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" />
</entityFramework>
<connectionStrings>
</connectionStrings>
<system.webServer>
<modules>
<remove name="FormsAuthentication" />
<add name="WSFederationAuthenticationModule" type="System.IdentityModel.Services.WSFederationAuthenticationModule, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" preCondition="managedHandler" />
<add name="SessionAuthenticationModule" type="System.IdentityModel.Services.SessionAuthenticationModule, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" preCondition="managedHandler" />
</modules>
</system.webServer>
<system.identityModel>
<identityConfiguration>
<audienceUris>
<add value="https://localhost/App/" />
</audienceUris>
<!--Commented by Identity and Access VS Package-->
<!--<issuerNameRegistry type="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry, System.IdentityModel.Tokens.ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry"><authority name="LocalSTS"><keys><add thumbprint="9B74CB2F320F7AAFC156E1252270B1DC01EF40D0" /></keys><validIssuers><add name="LocalSTS" /></validIssuers></authority></issuerNameRegistry>-->
<!--certificationValidationMode set to "None" by the the Identity and Access Tool for Visual Studio. For development purposes.-->
<certificateValidation certificateValidationMode="None" />
<issuerNameRegistry type="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry, System.IdentityModel.Tokens.ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry">
<authority name="http://ccc.com">
<keys>
<add thumbprint="BA86062DD810B95F49FBF85F448507D63D15FB92" />
</keys>
<validIssuers>
<add name="http://ccc.com" />
</validIssuers>
</authority>
</issuerNameRegistry>
</identityConfiguration>
</system.identityModel>
<system.identityModel.services>
<federationConfiguration>
<cookieHandler requireSsl="true" />
<wsFederation passiveRedirectEnabled="true" issuer="https://ccc.com/" realm="https://localhost/App/" requireHttps="true" />
</federationConfiguration>
</system.identityModel.services>
</configuration>
Given your configuration, I believe your best option is to use URL rewriting. In this case, redirect users to a "fake" image if they are requesting images directly or as referred from some other website (but allowing access to them if referred from a page in your application).
To accomplish this, use Microsoft's IIS URL Rewrite extension, which you can download here:
http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite
Once it is installed on your server, configure it by adding the following to your web.config (since you already have a system.webServer section in your web.config, just add the "rewrite" node into it). Note the inline comments and replacements required.
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Whitelist Image Access" stopProcessing="true">
<!-- Evaluated for all image file requests -->
<match url="(?:jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp)$" />
<conditions>
<!--
Rule applies when user tries to access URL directly (no referrer)
-->
<add input="{HTTP_REFERER}" matchType="Pattern" pattern="^$" ignoreCase="true" />
<!--
Rule does NOT apply when pages on our site are the referrer
*** NOTE: Replace "ccc" and "com" with appropriate parts form your domain ***
-->
<add input="{HTTP_REFERER}" matchType="Pattern" pattern="^https?://(.*\.)?ccc\.com/.*$" ignoreCase="true" negate="true" />
<!--
Rule does NOT apply when accessing the replacement image when real ones are refused
*** NOTE: replace "no_access.png" with the name of the "fake" image you want to use ***
-->
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="Pattern" pattern="no_access.png" ignoreCase="true" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<!--
Temporary redirect (status code 307) to "fake" image
*** NOTE: Replace the URL below with the "fake" image URL ***
-->
<action type="Redirect" url="http://ccc.com/images/no_access.png" appendQueryString="false" redirectType="Temporary" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>

Failed to find or load the registered .Net Framework Data Provider. - ASP.NET MVC 4 + Entity Framework

I getting error on server while running "Failed to find or load the registered .Net Framework Data Provider.". I have Sql Compact 4 database included to ASP.NET MVC 4 + Entity Framework, uploading on godaddy server... web.config is following
Web.Config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
-->
<configuration>
<configSections>
<!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="EShip" connectionString="Data Source=|DataDirectory|\EShip.sdf" providerName="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" />
</connectionStrings>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
<add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
<handlers>
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
<parameters>
<parameter value="v11.0" />
</parameters>
</defaultConnectionFactory>
</entityFramework>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="WebGrease" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-1.3.0.0" newVersion="1.3.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
<system.data>
<DbProviderFactories>
<remove invariant="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"/>
<add name="Microsoft SQL Server Compact Data Provider 4.0"
invariant="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"
description=".NET Framework Data Provider for Microsoft SQL Server Compact"
type="System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeProviderFactory, System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.1,
Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91"/>
</DbProviderFactories>
</system.data>
</configuration>
[/xml]
Using the comment of the OP, I have a slightly more verbose version.
With nuget in hand, one can run the command
install EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact
to download SqlServerCompact When I try that, I see 3 dependencies come along with that so you get 4 installs in total:
Microsoft.SqlServer.Compact
SqlServerCompact
EntityFramework
EntityFramework.SqlServerCompacy
It can therefore be inferred that a likely cause of running into this problem is missing SqlServerCompact for your installation.
I had a similar problem with a simple test app.
Install-Package EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact got rid of the message 'Failed to find or load the registered .Net Framework Data Provider' by adding SqlServer Compact dlls to the app 'packages' directory. It added the following to the packages.config;
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
<package id="EntityFramework" version="5.0.0" targetFramework="net40-Client" />
<package id="EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact" version="4.3.6" targetFramework="net40-Client" />
<package id="Microsoft.SqlServer.Compact" version="4.0.8876.1" targetFramework="net40-Client" />
<package id="SqlServerCompact" version="4.0.8854.1" targetFramework="net40-Client" />
</packages>
It also added System.Data.SqlServerCe and System.DataSqlServerCe.Entity to the app references.
I then got an exception like this;
System.IO.FileLoadException was unhandled
Message=Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
Source=mscorlib
FileName=System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91
FusionLog==== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: User = mulcahy\mulcahy_admin
LOG: DisplayName = System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Users/mulcahy_admin/Dropbox/projects/ons/CSLCE4CL/CSLCE4CL/bin/Debug/
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
Calling assembly : System.Data, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.
===
LOG: This bind starts in default load context.
LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Users\mulcahy_admin\Dropbox\projects\ons\CSLCE4CL\CSLCE4CL\bin\Debug\CSLCE4CL.vshost.exe.Config
LOG: Using host configuration file:
LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config.
LOG: Redirect found in application configuration file: 4.0.0.1 redirected to 4.0.0.1.
LOG: Post-policy reference: System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/mulcahy_admin/Dropbox/projects/ons/CSLCE4CL/CSLCE4CL/bin/Debug/System.Data.SqlServerCe.DLL.
WRN: Comparing the assembly name resulted in the mismatch: Revision Number
ERR: Failed to complete setup of assembly (hr = 0x80131040). Probing terminated.
This seems to suggest that the app is configured to use SqlServerCE v4.0.0.1 - but finds v4.0.0.0
So i used Eriks suggestion and changed the DbProviderFactories entry to say v4.0.0.0 and removed the bindingRedirect entry that refered to a new version at v4.0.0.1.
This seems to work. Hope it helps anyone following this path...
Meanwhile I'm a bit puzzled;
Why is the System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll at version 4.0.8876.1 - how could I know that this is actually v4.0.0.0
Where did the v4.0.0.1 reference come from - I must have this version somewhere on my machine?

"#model" not working on razor page in hybrid WebForm/MVC site

I'm integrating MVC into our current .Net WebForms site. I used these links for guidance while setting it up. Hanselman - Integrating MVC and blog.falafel.
The site works and I can navigate to .aspx pages and controller/actions no problem. But when I try to add the #model to a razor page, #model doesn't appear to be registering and Visual Studios sees as a HTML5 item.
exception:
{"c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\a3be471e\a209a63\App_Web_index.cshtml.a8d08dba.d7uqhlro.0.cs(30): error CS1514: { expected"} System.Exception {System.Web.HttpCompileException}
I added all of the appropriate references and went over both sites multiple times.
List of references I added -
Microsoft.Csharp
System.ComponentModel.Data
System.Web.Mvc
System.Web.Razor
System.Web.WebPages
System.Net.Http
System.Web.Optimization
System.Web.Http
System.Web.Http.WebHost
Newtonsoft.Json
Web.config additions
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Web.Abstractions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add assembly="System.Web.Helpers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add assembly="System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add assembly="System.Web.WebPages, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<system.web>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages"/>
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web>
<configuration>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
</configuration>

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