Custom 404 not displaying - asp.net

I have a webforms project that I've made a custom 404 page for.
I've written my redirect in my web.config but it doesn't seem to be working.
Here is the code
<customErrors mode="On" redirectMode="ResponseRedirect">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/404.aspx"/>
</customErrors>
When I visit localhost:(port number)/about I'm taken to the about page. When I visit the same thing but spell 'about' incorrectly, I'm taken to the default 404 page
What am I missing?

Custom errors handles aspx pages. You can remove/comment your customErrors section and use httpErrors like this instead:
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors existingResponse="Replace" errorMode="Custom">
<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
<error statusCode="404" path="404.aspx" responseMode="Redirect" />
</httpErrors>
</system.webServer>
Reference: HTTP Errors

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<system.web>
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</customErrors>
</system.web>
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<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
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</httpErrors>
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</configuration>
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Currently I am using UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewrite dll for URL rewriting in Asp.Net #3.5.
Without using any special character it works fine ex. URL1.
But after giving special characters in URL it throws Bad Request error ex. URL2
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On IIS 7+ you can define error pages for all statuses, for 400 Bad Request :
<httpErrors>
<error statusCode="400" path="/bad-request.aspx" prefixLanguageFilePath="" responseMode="ExecuteURL"/>
</httpErrors>
or trough IIS console go to the error pages and add custom error page for status code 400 :
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<system.web>
<!-- other system.web stuff -->
<customErrors defaultRedirect="/Error404.aspx" mode="On" redirectMode="ResponseRewrite">
<error redirect="/Error404.aspx" statusCode="404" />
</customErrors>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<!-- other system.webServer stuff -->
<httpErrors errorMode="Custom">
<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
<error statusCode="404" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="/Error404.aspx" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />
</httpErrors>
</system.webServer>
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How to add a default error page using httpErrors

i have successfully added a custom 404 page. what I want to do is to create another custom error page that is displayed when there is any error other than 404. e.g. 500, 403 etc.
this is what I have right now in webconfig
<httpErrors errorMode="Custom" existingResponse="Replace">
<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
<error statusCode="404" path="/404.aspx" responseMode="ExecuteURL"/>
</httpErrors>
Oh, my. I cannot believe I could not find a proper answer for this simple question! Nevertheless, after 2 hours of reading the docs and debugging, I found it.
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<clear/> <!-- so that IIS provided error pages are skipped -->
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<error path="/App/Http503" responseMode="ExecuteURL" statusCode="503"/>
</httpErrors>
Beaware that <httpErrors> configures IIS, while <customErrors> configures ASP.NET and some older versions of IIS (<=6?).
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<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/DefaultError.aspx?msg=SomeMessage">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/PageNotFound.html"/>
<error statusCode="403" redirect="~/AccessDenied.html"/>
</customErrors>

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<customErrors mode="On">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/Page-Introuvable" />
</customErrors>
Rewriter.config :
<rewriter>
<rewrite url="~/Page-Introuvable" to="~/PageNotFound.aspx" />
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When typing this :
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I'd like to know how to display my custom page in this case.
Thank you very much!
ANSWER
Added this to web.config section System.webServer :
<httpErrors errorMode="Custom">
<clear/>
<error statusCode="404" responseMode="Redirect" path="PageNotFound.aspx"/>
</httpErrors>
<customErrors> are just for extensions handled by asp.net (aspx, ashx...), for all others use <httpErrors>: http://www.iis.net/ConfigReference/system.webServer/httpErrors
<system.webServer>
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<clear/>
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</httpErrors>
</system.webServer>

Implementing a Custom Error page on an ASP.Net website

I have an ASP.Net website and I want to use a custom error page. I put the following code in my web.config
<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/error.aspx">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/error.aspx" />
</customErrors>
The problem is when i go to a URL that does not exist is still uses the 404 error page specified in IIS Manager.
Question: How can I make it use the error.aspx page I have created? Why do the settings in IIS Manager override the web.config?
Try this way, almost same.. but that's what I did, and working.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="apperror.aspx">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="404.aspx" />
<error statusCode="500" redirect="500.aspx" />
</customErrors>
</system.web>
</configuration>
or try to change the 404 error page from IIS settings, if required urgently.
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Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager (the GUI)
web.config file
This article explains how to do each:
How To Set Up Custom Error Pages In IIS 7.5 With ASP.NET
The reason your error.aspx page is not displaying might be because you have an error in your web.config. Try this instead:
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors defaultRedirect="error.aspx" mode="RemoteOnly">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="error.aspx"/>
</customErrors>
</system.web>
</configuration>
You might need to make sure that Error Pages in IIS Manager - Feature Delegation is set to Read/Write:
Also, this answer may help you configure the web.config file:
What is the difference between customErrors and httpErrors?
<customErrors defaultRedirect="~/404.aspx" mode="On">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/404.aspx"/>
</customErrors>
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Beside it you also have set Customer Errors for extension not known or not correct as
.aspwx or .vivaldo. You have to add httperrors settings in web.config
<httpErrors errorMode="Custom">
<error statusCode="404" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="/404.aspx" responseMode="Redirect" />
</httpErrors>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
it must be inside the <system.webServer> </system.webServer>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="DetailedLocalOnly">
<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
<error statusCode="404" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="your page" responseMode="Redirect" />
</httpErrors>
</system.webServer>
Is it a spelling error in your closing tag ie:
</CustomErrors> instead of </CustomError>?

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