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aknuds1
Asked: 2011-06-25 06:23:41 +0800 CST

IIS 7 can't run ASP.NET MVC application due to missing System.Web.Helpers

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I've set up IIS 7 on my Windows 2008 R2 server according to this guide and deployed my ASP.NET MVC application on it via the one-click publishing method in Visual Studio 2010, but the IIS server fails to run the application due to a configuration error:

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Helpers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

How do I fix this?

iis-7 asp.net-mvc

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Apparently I need to install MVC dependencies on the server. I found a recipe on winhost forums, which says to add the required references to your project and configure them for web deployment. I followed these steps, and it solved my problem:

    1. Add the following references to the project:

      • Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure
      • System.Web.Razor
      • System.Web.WebPages.Razor
      • System.Web.WebPages.Deployment

    2. Set the property Copy Local to True for the following references:

      • System.Web.Helpers
      • System.Web.MVC
      • System.Web.WebPages
      • Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure
      • System.Web.Razor
      • System.Web.WebPages.Razor
      • System.Web.WebPages.Deployment

    3. Re-deploy

    Edit:

    ITHedgeHog made me aware of a shortcut in Visual Studio 2010 for the above procedure: Right click on the project and click Add Deployable Dependencies, you will then get a dialog in which you can simply pick ASP.NET MVC.

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