How do you set the startup page for debugging in an ASP.NET MVC application?

Selecting a specific page from Project properties does not solve my problem.

In MVC 4 open App_Start/RouteConfig.cs

For example, if you want to change startup page to Login:

routes.MapRoute(
        "Default", // Route name
        "",        // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Account", action = "Login"}  // Parameter defaults
    );

This works for me under Specific Page for MVC:

/Home/Index

Update: Currently, I just use a forward slash in the "Specific Page" textbox, and it takes me to the home page as defined in the routing:

/

While you can have a default page in the MVC project, the more conventional implementation for a default view would be to use a default controller, implememented in the global.asax, through the 'RegisterRoutes(...)' method. For instance if you wanted your Public\Home controller to be your default route/view, the code would be:

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            "Default", // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Public", action = "Home", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
        );

    }

For this to be functional, you are required to have have a set Start Page in the project.

Go to your project's properties and set the start page property.

1. Go to the project's Properties
2. Go to the Web tab
3. Select the Specific Page radio button
4. Type in the desired url in the Specific Page text box