asp.net mvc 4 - Cannot get route to rename URL -

i'm trying remove 'home' form url, in other words:

www.domain.com/home/about/ becomes www.domain.com/aboutus

the problem is, home not being removed , can't work out why. can see others have identical questions near identical answers mine here on on so @ loss why won't work.

my global.asax is

using system.web.http; using system.web.mvc; using system.web.routing;  namespace company.ui {     // note: instructions on enabling iis6 or iis7 classic mode,      // visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9394801     public class mvcapplication : system.web.httpapplication     {         protected void application_start()         {             arearegistration.registerallareas();              webapiconfig.register(globalconfiguration.configuration);             filterconfig.registerglobalfilters(globalfilters.filters);             routeconfig.registerroutes(routetable.routes);         }          public static void registerroutes(routecollection routes)         {             routes.ignoreroute("{resource}.axd/{*pathinfo}");              routes.maproute("removehomeurl", // route name                 "{action}", // url parameters                 new { controller = "home", action = "index" } // parameter defaults             );               routes.maproute(                 "default", // route name                 "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // url parameters                 new { controller = "home", action = "index", id = urlparameter.optional } // parameter defaults             );          }     } } 

my actionlink code is:

@html.actionlink("about us", "aboutus", "home", null, new { @class = "mega" }) 

when hover on link , when click on link, still returns www.domain.com\home\aboutus

i'm running in debug mode in visual studio 2012.

i @ loss, can 1 help?

i think working routes in wrong place,

from shown code seems registered routes defined in routeconfig class

protected void application_start() {     arearegistration.registerallareas();      webapiconfig.register(globalconfiguration.configuration);     filterconfig.registerglobalfilters(globalfilters.filters);     routeconfig.registerroutes(routetable.routes); //routes registered here } 

try replacing

routeconfig.registerroutes(routetable.routes); 

with

registerroutes(routetable.routes); 

or edit in routeconfig class

hope helps.