No type was found that matches the controller named 'User'

Question

I'm trying to navigate to a page which its URL is in the following format: localhost:xxxxx/User/{id}/VerifyEmail?secretKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I've added a new route in the `RouteConfig.cs` file and so my `RouteConfig.cs` looks like this: ``` public class RouteConfig { public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) { routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); routes.MapRoute( name: "VerifyEmail", url: "User/{id}/VerifyEmail", defaults: new { controller = "User", action = "VerifyEmail" } ); routes.MapRoute( name: "Default", url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}", defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } ); } } ``` Unfortunately, when trying to navigate to that URL I get this page: ``` No HTTP resource was found that matches the request URI 'http://localhost:52684/User/f2acc4d0-2e03-4d72-99b6-9b9b85bd661a/VerifyEmail?secretKey=e9bf3924-681c-4afc-a8b0-3fd58eba93fe'. No type was found that mat…

Accepted Answer

In my case after spending almost 30 minutes trying to fix the problem, I found what was causing it:

My route defined in `WebApiConfig.cs` was like this:

```
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
    name: "ControllersApi",
    routeTemplate: "{controller}/{action}"
);
```

and it should be like this:

```
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
    name: "ControllersApi",
     routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
```

as you see it was interfering with the standard route defined in `RouteConfig.cs`.

No type was found that matches the controller named 'User'

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