The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred. - MVC to show 404 custom page

Question

I am trying to do a custom 404 page.

I added an ErrorController as follows

public class ErrorController : Controller
{
    public ViewResult PageNotFound()
    {
        Response.StatusCode = 404; 
        return View();
    }
}

Added a View folder Error in the following hierarchy: Views > Error > PageNotFound.cshtml - which has my custom 404 message.

In web.config file in the <system.web> tag:

<customErrors mode="On" redirectMode="ResponseRewrite">
  <error statusCode="404" redirect="~Views/Error/PageNotFound"/>
</customErrors>

similar : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13905164/how-to-make-custom-error-pages-work-in-asp-net-mvc-4 — , Mar 15 '16 at 13:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '16 at 12:12

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I think the slash is missing after ~

<customErrors mode="On" redirectMode="ResponseRewrite">
  <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/Views/Error/PageNotFound"/>
</customErrors>

answered Mar 15 '16 at 12:12

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Tried it however now this error occured Server Error in '/' Application. Runtime Error Description: An exception occurred while processing your request. Additionally, another exception occurred while executing the custom error page for the first exception. The request has been terminated. – cgeekmt Mar 15 '16 at 12:14
If he's giving it the full path doesn't he also need the .cshtml or .htm or whatever file extension as well? – jleach Mar 15 '16 at 12:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '16 at 12:20

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I think you should be redirecting to the controller action instead of the VIEW

<customErrors mode="On" redirectMode="ResponseRewrite">
  <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/Error/PageNotFound"/>
</customErrors>

answered Mar 15 '16 at 12:20

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The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred. - MVC to show 404 custom page

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