Favicon Icon-MVC3 ASP.NET

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What is the need of favicon.ico. I am trying to use MVC error handling and it complaines file being missed.How do get rid off this error.

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score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '11 at 12:57

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Go to the RegisterRoutes method of the Global.asax.cs file, and add this, as one of the first lines:

routes.IgnoreRoute("{*favicon}", new { favicon = @"(.*/)?favicon.ico(/.*)?" });

answered Jul 06 '11 at 12:57

MartinHN

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I have done this and restared the Webserver but still happens same issue. – Hari Gillala Jul 06 '11 at 12:58
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sorry Martin, I have restared the VS and it got fixed. – Hari Gillala Jul 06 '11 at 13:30

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '11 at 12:58

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I suggest you use it, instead of getting rid of it. Cause it's part of the web standards in UI design. Don't you like branding of your site? Then this is a crucial part of that branding.

answered Jul 06 '11 at 12:58

Saeed Neamati

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '11 at 08:49

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Solution:

<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.youraddress.com/youricon.ico"/>" if you use localhost then href="http://localhost:port/youricon.ico" Note:Use other name instead favicon.ico.

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Neno

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 06 '11 at 12:59

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Add the following to the beginning of your RegisterRoutes method:

routes.IgnoreRoute("favicon.ico");

Your browser will always ask the site for the favicon, this will ensure mvc doesn't try to resolve it.

answered Jul 06 '11 at 12:59

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