In my windows application i am trying to encrypt connection string section of app.config file, connection string part of my app.config file is
Using this command aspnet_regiis -pa
Open cmd Console -execute as Administrator-
C:\Windows\system32>aspnet_regiis -pa "NetFrameworkConfigurationKey" "myDomain\myUser"
Microsoft (R) ASP.NET RegIIS versión 4.0.30319.33440
Utilidad de administración que instala y desinstala ASP.NET en el equipo local.
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Agregando ACL para el acceso al contenedor de claves RSA...
Con éxito
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