title: How to solve error message: "Failed to map the path '/'."
body: <p>I've searched and searched on Google, and I can't find anything that even seems applicable to my situation, let alone solves the problem. It doesn't matter which address in my website I try to navigate to (even addresses that don't exist give this error instead of a 404), I get the exact same message (the path is always '/'). Any ideas?</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>Server Error in '/' Application.
  
  Failed to map the path '/'.
  
  Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 
  
  Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: Failed to map the path '/'.
  
  Source Error: 
  
  An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
  
  Stack Trace: 
  
  
  [InvalidOperationException: Failed to map the path '/'.]
     System.Web.HttpRuntime.HostingInit(HostingEnvironmentFlags hostingFlags, PolicyLevel policyLevel, Exception appDomainCreationException) +336
  
  [HttpException (0x80004005): Failed to map the path '/'.]
     System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +11556592
     System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +141
     System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +4813333
  
  Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.225
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> I went back to the site a few minutes after posting this--made no changes to code or configuration--and the error went away. I'm really baffled, but it is no longer a problem.</p>