Why does not the Application_Start() event fire when I debug my ASP.NET MVC app?

Question

I currently have the following routines in my Global.asax.cs file:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRout         


        

Answer 1

In my case the problem was between chair and keyboard - after renaming mvc project assembly, I forgot to update Global.asax to point to the correct class. So check the "Inherits" in Global.asax (in visual studio right-click on Global.asax -> View Markup)

<%@ Application Codebehind="Global.asax.cs" 
  Inherits="Monster.MgsMvc.Web.MvcApplication" 
  Language="C#" %>

if it really matches your Global.asax.cs class/namespace declaration