404 error without suffix

Question

User1510859543 posted

The following links work fine in our production site (web hosting company) but not on our local server.  If I add the suffix .aspx  to the href= settings then pages show on local, otherwise I get 404 - File or directory not found.  How can I correct this?

            <!-- Sidebar Menu Items - These collapse to the responsive navigation menu on small screens -->
            <div class="collapse navbar-collapse navbar-ex1-collapse">
                <ul class="nav navbar-nav side-nav">
                    <li><a runat="server" href="~/Default">Home</a></li>
                    <li><a runat="server" href="~/Features">Site Features</a></li>
                    <li><a runat="server" href="~/Charlie">Charlie's Story</a></li>
                    <li><a runat="server" href="~/Intro">The Ketogenic Diet</a></li>
                    <li><a runat="server" href="~/Registration">Register</a></li>
                </ul>
            </div>

Answer 1

User-271186128 posted

Hi dlchase,

The issue might relate to the "friendly URLs" mechanism. You could deactivate them by changing the code in App_Start\RouteConfig.cs from:

var settings = new FriendlyUrlSettings();
settings.AutoRedirectMode = RedirectMode.Permanent;
routes.EnableFriendlyUrls(settings);

to:

var settings = new FriendlyUrlSettings();
settings.AutoRedirectMode = RedirectMode.Off;
routes.EnableFriendlyUrls(settings);

Best regards,
Dillion

Answer 2

User1510859543 posted

Correct.  I had the lines commented out.