Error on start debugging: Could not load the Web.config configuration file

Question

Hi,

Just starting to use visual studio 2010 on a sharepoint 2010 (rtm) site.  Was going fine till I hit F5 to begin debugging....then I get this error...and don't see many hits when i search for it, read through the walkthroughs, don't see anything I'm missing for configurations...

Could not load the Web.config configuration file. check the file for any malformed XML elements, and try again. The following error occurred: The given key was not present in the dictionary.

Thanks for any and all help...

Answer 1

SharePoint projects don't have web.config files. You must be working on a different project type. Here's some materials that might help you out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee309510.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330921.aspx

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Answer 2

Actually, the right solution is  here:

Answer 3

I came across this thread and found that Senglory's answer was the one that worked with me.

Many thanks, Senglory.

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Answer 4

Thanks :)

Answer 5

Hi Senglory 

Thank you so much this solution worked for me. I changed the project property "Site URL" correctly with my SharePoint Machine Name as it was by default taking the alternate access mapping ip.

Thank you so much.

Pervesh Dhingra