 <p>The ProductAreaRegistration was configured to default to a controller that would redirect to the Home controller on the web site root (area="").</p> <p><strong>The ProductAreaRegistration</strong> </p> <pre><code> public class ProductAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration { public override string AreaName { get { return "Product"; } } public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context) { context.MapRoute( "Product_default", "Product/{controller}/{action}/{id}", defaults: new { controller="Redirect", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }); } } </code></pre> <p><strong>The Controller</strong></p> <pre><code>public class RedirectController : Controller { // GET: Product/Redirect public ActionResult Index() { return RedirectToAction("Index","Home",new { area = "" }); } } </code></pre>