How to correctly use Html.ActionLink with ASP.NET MVC 4 Areas

Question

I recently discovered Areas in ASP.NET MVC 4, which I have successfully implemented, but I\'m running into troubles with the @Html.ActionLink helper in my Razor vie

Answer 1

Just to add up my bit:
Remember, you're gonna need to have at least 2 areas in your MVC application to get the routeValues: { area="" } working; otherwise the area value will be used as a query-string parameter and you link will look like this: /?area=

If you don't have at least 2 areas, you can fix this behavior by:
1. editing the default route in RouteConfig.cs like this:

routes.MapRoute(
    name: "Default",
    url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { area = "", controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);

OR
2. Adding a dummy area to your MVC project.