The layout view '~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml' could not be located

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The below image shows the project structure I am working on:

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Inside Areas -> Billing -> Views -> _viewstart.cshtml, I have specified the path to the layout which I want to apply to the entire application but I keep getting the following error:

  • Error:

InvalidOperationException: The layout view '~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml' could not be located. The following locations were searched: ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml

  • Layout Path

    @{ Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml"; }

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1 Answers

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I was able to find a solution to my issue, by moving the layout to the root folder as shown in the below image:

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