Accessing HttpContext.Current in Application_start in IIS 7.0 gives se

One of the major changes in IIS 7.0 is that the HTTP context is not available in the application_start event. If you try to work with the http context (with the help of Httpcontext.current) in the application_start event in global.asax then you will receive an ASP.NET 500 – Server Error: Request is not available in this context.