Correct way to use _viewstart.cshtml and partial Razor views?

Question

I\'m using _viewstart.cshtml to automagically assign the same Razor Layout to my views.

It\'s a dead simple file in the root of my Views folder that looks like this:

Answer 1

If you return PartialView() from your controllers (instead of return View()), then _viewstart.cshtml will not be executed.