How to decrypt a connectionString in a web.config using regiis_asp.net?

Question

I have tried using this command in cmd but it didn't work

c:/path.../regiis_asp.net -pi "connectionString" -app "d:/myWebSiteApp" 

the result of that command was

the configuration section "connectionString" was not found
failed

Answer 1

Have you tried it this way?:

Encrypt:

aspnet_regiis.exe -pef "connectionStrings" C:\path\to\application

Decrypt:

aspnet_regiis.exe -pdf "connectionStrings" C:\path\to\application

Answer 2

If your intention is to decrypt the connectionStrings section in the web.config, you will have to use the below command.

aspnet_regiis -pdf "connectionStrings" -app "d:/MyWebsiteApp"

Note: in the code provided by you, please note the following

1) the utility command is aspnet_regiis instead of regiis_asp.net

2) Since your app is referred from the physical path, the container configuration must be -pdf instead of -pi

3) The section name is connectionStrings instead of connectionString ( notice the 's')

If you are trying to decrypt from the virtual path then the command must be as below

aspnet_regiis -pd "connectionStrings" -app "/MyWebsiteApp"

Answer 3

Just had this and it turned out that it didn't want the double quotes around connectionStrings.