title: Force all Areas to use same Layout
body: <p>I have the following project structure:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>/Views/Shared/_Layout;</p></li>
  <li><p>/Areas/Area1/Views/ControllerName/Index;</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>...</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>/Areas/AreaN/Views/ControllerName/Index.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Is there any way to force all areas to use the <strong>_Layout</strong> as a <strong>base layout</strong>?</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to do it without adding the <strong>_ViewStart</strong> file (for example, via the routing configuration)?</p>
  
  <p><strong>See Also:</strong></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5161380/">How do I specify different Layouts in the ASP.NET MVC 3 razor ViewStart file?</a></p>