VS2013 ASP.Net application error “VirtualPath was outside the current application root”

If you have Visual Studio 2013 ASP.Net project set up under IIS, when you open the web application in your browser you may get the error message “VirtualPath was outside the current application root”.

This error only happens while Visual Studio 2013 is open. To resolve this issue, you need to deselect “Enable Browser Link” option inside Visual Studio.