ASP.NET OpenWebConfiguration failing

Question

I\'m trying to open the web configuration so I can encrypt/decrypt it but it\'s failing. I\'m doing this on Web Developer 2010 Express on my desktop where I setup a website

Answer 1

If you are trying to open the web.config from within the application, you don't need to open it, just use:

var section = WebConfigurationManager.GetSection("mySection");

Just for you to know, the right parameter is:

Configuration config = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~/");

See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/es-es/library/system.web.configuration.webconfigurationmanager(v=vs.100).aspx

Answer 2

Run your Visual Studio as Administrator. Cheers! :D