the element 'buildProviders' cannot be defined below the application level

Question

I have created an asp.net C# application developed in visual studio 2010, which is running without any error on my PC, but when i tried to run the same application on another computer with visual studio 2010, it gives following error,

The element 'buildProviders' cannot be defined below the application level.

Answer 1

Following article at http://forums.iis.net/t/1160248.aspx?The+element+buildProviders+cannot+be+defined+below+the+application+level+

You probably need to convert the virtual directory to application. I encountered this when deploying my app (using NancyFX).

You can open IIS Manager->Right-click the diretory of your web application->Click Convert to Application.

Answer 2

I faced this problem and i found out that somehow i had another version of my website within the subfolders of my webstie.

Meaning that my website is in a folder called "FrontEnd". Withing this folder there is a subforlder called backup that contains a backup of my website.

when i removed the backup folder, everything went ok.

Answer 3

If you recently upgraded your solution, check for the backup directory for crystal report within your solution. The backup directory can get created when you upgrade visual studio. To resolve this error, closed the solution. Went to the solution directory and delete or move the backup directory to a different location outside of the solution directory. This solved the problem for me