Upgrade to MVC 4, areas now can't find scripts

Question

I recently upgraded a MVC 3 project to MVC 4.

In the app there are 3 areas. The areas use the same scripts as elsewhere.

Before the upgrade views in areas just used scripts from the Main Scripts folder ( /Scripts) but now I get a 404 (Not Found) because its looking here - /AREANAME/Scripts/jquery-1.10.1.min.js

Obviously I dont want to duplicate the scripts folder to all the areas folders so my question is how do I make the areas use the scripts in the main folder?

I reference the scripts like this in layout page

How are you referencing the scripts? More than likely this is because Razor 2 is now application root aware, whereas Razor 1 was not. — Erik Funkenbusch, Jun 27 '13 at 00:21
Not using Razor, as the application was written a while ago it is all .aspx I'm referencing like this - — Toby Holland, Jun 27 '13 at 00:23

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '13 at 00:26

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Don't use relative addressing. Instead, use the MVC supplied tools for this:

<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-1.10.1.min.js")"></script>

Even better, use the bundling and minification supplied tools in MVC4.

answered Jun 27 '13 at 00:26

Erik Funkenbusch

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '13 at 01:08

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Thanks Mystere Man for the answer. For .aspx views it is like this

<script type="text/javascript" src="<%=Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-1.10.1.min.js")%>"></script>

answered Jun 27 '13 at 01:08

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Upgrade to MVC 4, areas now can't find scripts

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