New ASP.NET Core MVC application cannot find view

Question

I'm brand new to ASP.NET Core. I use Visual Studio and upon generating a new ASP.NET Core MVC web app project, I feel like I should be able to run it without touching a single line of code to reveal the boiler plate application, but I instead get an error where it states it can't locate the Index files.

Again, I haven't touched any of the code and the files are there.

UPDATE

Here's my Program.cs file:

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

// Add services to the container.
builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();

var app = builder.Build();

// Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
    app.UseHsts();
}

app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseStaticFiles();

app.UseRouting();

app.UseAuthorization();

app.MapControllerRoute(
    name: "default",
    pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");

app.Run();

HomeController.cs

using BulkyBookWeb.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace BulkyBookWeb.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        private readonly ILogger<HomeController> _logger;

        public HomeController(ILogger<HomeController> logger)
        {
            _logger = logger;
        }

        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        public IActionResult Privacy()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [ResponseCache(Duration = 0, Location = ResponseCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)]
        public IActionResult Error()
        {
            return View(new ErrorViewModel { RequestId = Activity.Current?.Id ?? HttpContext.TraceIdentifier });
        }
    }
}

launchSettings.json...

{
  "iisSettings": {
    "windowsAuthentication": false,
    "anonymousAuthentication": true,
    "iisExpress": {
      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:59821",
      "sslPort": 44390
    }
  },
  "profiles": {
    "BulkyBookWeb": {
      "commandName": "Project",
      "dotnetRunMessages": true,
      "launchBrowser": true,
      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:7273;http://localhost:5273",
      "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
      }
    },
    "IIS Express": {
      "commandName": "IISExpress",
      "launchBrowser": true,
      "environmentVariables": {
        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
      }
    }
  }
}

Answer 1

I run into the same problem. Install Version 17.1.1 for Visual Studio 2022 fix the problem for me.