Viewbag, model, and Actionlink do not exist in current context - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

An existing mvc4 project was working just fine. Then I had to repair it because of the mvc.dll update microsoft did. After this I updated my nuget packages. Now I'm getting red squiggly lines in my razor files, and reports of an error. My project compiles and runs fine... but the intellisense doesn't work.
Error 49 'System.Web.WebPages.Html.HtmlHelper' does not contain a definition for 'ActionLink' and no extension method 'ActionLink' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Web.WebPages.Html.HtmlHelper' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
From what I'm reading, it has to do with the web.config, but I haven't found anything to be a solution. I'm stuck using mvc4, upgrading to mvc5 is not an option.
Everything in the configuration files were auto generated. The bindings were added by vs (I clicked on the error message and it added the bindings for me). I only added the kendo part as per the kendo docs.
Heres my views/web.config:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
<section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<system.web.webPages.razor>
<host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="Kendo.Mvc.UI"/>
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web.webPages.razor>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler"/>
</httpHandlers>
<!--
Enabling request validation in view pages would cause validation to occur
after the input has already been processed by the controller. By default
MVC performs request validation before a controller processes the input.
To change this behavior apply the ValidateInputAttribute to a
controller or action.
-->
<pages
validateRequest="false"
pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<controls>
<add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
</controls>
</pages>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<handlers>
<remove name="BlockViewHandler"/>
<add name="BlockViewHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
And here is my main web.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
-->
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false"/>
<!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 --><sectionGroup name="dotNetOpenAuth" type="DotNetOpenAuth.Configuration.DotNetOpenAuthSection, DotNetOpenAuth.Core">
<section name="messaging" type="DotNetOpenAuth.Configuration.MessagingElement, DotNetOpenAuth.Core" requirePermission="false" allowLocation="true"/>
<section name="reporting" type="DotNetOpenAuth.Configuration.ReportingElement, DotNetOpenAuth.Core" requirePermission="false" allowLocation="true"/>
<section name="openid" type="DotNetOpenAuth.Configuration.OpenIdElement, DotNetOpenAuth.OpenId" requirePermission="false" allowLocation="true"/><section name="oauth" type="DotNetOpenAuth.Configuration.OAuthElement, DotNetOpenAuth.OAuth" requirePermission="false" allowLocation="true"/></sectionGroup><sectionGroup name="elmah">
<section name="security" requirePermission="false" type="Elmah.SecuritySectionHandler, Elmah"/>
<section name="errorLog" requirePermission="false" type="Elmah.ErrorLogSectionHandler, Elmah"/>
<section name="errorMail" requirePermission="false" type="Elmah.ErrorMailSectionHandler, Elmah"/>
<section name="errorFilter" requirePermission="false" type="Elmah.ErrorFilterSectionHandler, Elmah"/>
</sectionGroup></configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<!-- snip -->
</connectionStrings>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0"/>
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false"/>
<add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true"/>
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true"/>
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
<!--
For a description of web.config changes see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235367.
The following attributes can be set on the <httpRuntime> tag.
<system.Web>
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
</system.Web>
-->
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5"/>
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="SqlRoleManager">
<providers>
<clear/>
<add name="SqlRoleManager" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" applicationName="-snip-"/>
</providers>
</roleManager>
<httpRuntime/>
<authentication mode="Windows">
<forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880"/>
</authentication>
<pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="4.0">
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages"/>
<add namespace="Kendo.Mvc.UI"/>
</namespaces>
</pages>
<httpModules>
<add name="ErrorLog" type="Elmah.ErrorLogModule, Elmah"/>
<add name="ErrorMail" type="Elmah.ErrorMailModule, Elmah"/>
<add name="ErrorFilter" type="Elmah.ErrorFilterModule, Elmah"/>
</httpModules></system.web>
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<!-- snip -->
</mailSettings>
<defaultProxy enabled="true"/><settings>
<!-- This setting causes .NET to check certificate revocation lists (CRL)
before trusting HTTPS certificates. But this setting tends to not
be allowed in shared hosting environments. -->
<!--<servicePointManager checkCertificateRevocationList="true"/>-->
</settings></system.net>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages.Deployment" publicKeyToken="31BF3856AD364E35" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0"/>
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="DotNetOpenAuth.Core" publicKeyToken="2780CCD10D57B246" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.3.0.0" newVersion="4.3.0.0"/>
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31BF3856AD364E35" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0"/>
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30AD4FE6B2A6AEED" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.0.0.0"/>
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Antlr3.Runtime" publicKeyToken="EB42632606E9261F" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.5.0.2" newVersion="3.5.0.2"/>
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="WebGrease" publicKeyToken="31BF3856AD364E35" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-1.6.5135.21930" newVersion="1.6.5135.21930"/>
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31BF3856AD364E35" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-5.2.2.0" newVersion="5.2.2.0"/>
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="DotNetOpenAuth.AspNet" publicKeyToken="2780CCD10D57B246" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.3.0.0" newVersion="4.3.0.0"/>
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
<parameters>
<parameter value="v11.0"/>
</parameters>
</defaultConnectionFactory>
<providers>
<provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer"/>
</providers>
</entityFramework>
<elmah>
<!--
See http://code.google.com/p/elmah/wiki/SecuringErrorLogPages for
more information on remote access and securing ELMAH.
--><security allowRemoteAccess="false"/></elmah>
<location path="elmah.axd" inheritInChildApplications="false">
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<add name="ErrorLog" type="Elmah.ErrorLogModule, Elmah"/>
<add name="ErrorMail" type="Elmah.ErrorMailModule, Elmah"/>
<add name="ErrorFilter" type="Elmah.ErrorFilterModule, Elmah"/>
</modules>
<handlers>
<add name="ELMAH" verb="POST,GET,HEAD" path="elmah.axd" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" preCondition="integratedMode"/>
</handlers></system.webServer>
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<add verb="POST,GET,HEAD" path="elmah.axd" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah"/>
</httpHandlers>
<!--
See http://code.google.com/p/elmah/wiki/SecuringErrorLogPages for
more information on using ASP.NET authorization securing ELMAH.
<authorization>
<allow roles="admin" />
<deny users="*" />
</authorization>
-->
</system.web></location>
<dotNetOpenAuth>
<messaging>
<untrustedWebRequest>
<whitelistHosts>
<!-- Uncomment to enable communication with localhost (should generally not activate in production!) -->
<!--<add name="localhost" />-->
</whitelistHosts>
</untrustedWebRequest>
</messaging>
<!-- Allow DotNetOpenAuth to publish usage statistics to library authors to improve the library. -->
<reporting enabled="true"/>
<!-- This is an optional configuration section where aspects of dotnetopenauth can be customized. --><!-- For a complete set of configuration options see http://www.dotnetopenauth.net/developers/code-snippets/configuration-options/ --><openid>
<relyingParty>
<security requireSsl="false">
<!-- Uncomment the trustedProviders tag if your relying party should only accept positive assertions from a closed set of OpenID Providers. -->
<!--<trustedProviders rejectAssertionsFromUntrustedProviders="true">
<add endpoint="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/ud" />
</trustedProviders>-->
</security>
<behaviors>
<!-- The following OPTIONAL behavior allows RPs to use SREG only, but be compatible
with OPs that use Attribute Exchange (in various formats). -->
<add type="DotNetOpenAuth.OpenId.RelyingParty.Behaviors.AXFetchAsSregTransform, DotNetOpenAuth.OpenId.RelyingParty"/>
</behaviors>
</relyingParty></openid></dotNetOpenAuth><uri>
<!-- The uri section is necessary to turn on .NET 3.5 support for IDN (international domain names),
which is necessary for OpenID urls with unicode characters in the domain/host name.
It is also required to put the Uri class into RFC 3986 escaping mode, which OpenID and OAuth require. -->
<idn enabled="All"/>
<iriParsing enabled="true"/>
</uri><system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
<modules>
<add name="ErrorLog" type="Elmah.ErrorLogModule, Elmah" preCondition="managedHandler"/>
<add name="ErrorMail" type="Elmah.ErrorMailModule, Elmah" preCondition="managedHandler"/>
<add name="ErrorFilter" type="Elmah.ErrorFilterModule, Elmah" preCondition="managedHandler"/>
</modules>
<handlers>
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
<remove name="OPTIONSVerbHandler" />
<remove name="TRACEVerbHandler" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="*" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
</handlers></system.webServer></configuration>

Answer 1

Not what you want to hear, I'm sure, but this happened to me once before. I tried everything under the sun - every "solution" I could possibly find online, and nothing worked. I eventually resolved it by creating a new project and adding back all the files from the old one: models, controllers, etc. Then, I reinstalled all the Nuget packages until everything resolved. Huge pain in the posterior region, but it worked. Wish I had better news for you.

Answer 2

I have the same problem in 1 partial view. I resolve the problem by deleting and adding the file