HTTP 404 : Resource Not found - Custom error

Question

Hello,

 

I'm newbie to MVC, trying to create a custom error page and show when user is looking for resource which isn't available. Followed few articles and able to show an custom error page.

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/717628/asp-net-mvc-404-error-handling?answertab=votes#tab-top

I have created an Error Controller with 'NotFound404()' action method and view is created with the same name 'NotFound404.cshtml'.

public class ErrorController : Controller
{
    // GET: Error
    public ActionResult NotFound404()
    {
        return View();
    }
}

Web.config

<system.web>
  <customErrors mode="On">
    <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/Error/NotFound404"/>
  customErrors>
system.web>

When i try to access any unknown resource, i can see the notfound404.cshtml. But when i inspect url it shows as 'http://localhost:xyzw/Error/NotFound404?aspxerrorpath=/New'.

 

 

Why do i get such wierd url? and i'm not using any aspx pages but it shows aspx in url. HTTP status under F12-Developer tools- Network - shows 200 OK. which isn't correct. How to rectify this.

 

And when i tried to access any static html page instead of a new controller/ action-view

<system.web>
  <customErrors mode="On">
    <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/Shared/NotFound.html"/>
  customErrors>
system.web>

404 Error occurs

 

 

 

is this error because of looking up for wrong path.?

 

My application folder structure

 

How to fix these errors and please show a right way to configure these error handling strategies.

 

Thanks in advance.