404 Error when you have + (plus) character in your URLs

If you receive a 404 error when you have a + (plus) character in your URLs (usually through URL rewriting) then please add the following security tags to your applications web.config file within the system.webServer tags:

<system.webServer>
 <security>
    <requestFiltering allowDoubleEscaping="true" />
 </security>
</system.webServer>

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