Umbraco 7: Could not load type Umbraco.Web.UmbracoApplication

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alex picture alex · Aug 23, 2014 · Viewed 7.6k times · Source
  1. Created an ASP.NET empty web application in Visual Studio
  2. Installed Umbraco 7.1.5 via NuGet Package Manager
  3. When asked to overwrite the web.config file, typed Y(Yes)
  4. Built the project
  5. F5

When I run the project I get the following error in Chrome:

Could not load type Umbraco.Web.UmbracoApplication

How can I solve this problem and get to the installation page?

Answer

Kartikeya Khosla picture Kartikeya Khosla · Aug 23, 2014

I also encountered same problem few days ago..i solved that...Just change the name of MVC project from 'Umbraco' to something else and then it will work fine..

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