Hi the question sounds silly but I was following "Walkthrough: Encrypting Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration" at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dtkwfdky.aspx. It asks me to run
aspnet_regiis -pe "connectionStrings" -app "/MyApplication"
where it says "MyApplication" is "the name of your application".
What is this "the name of your application"?
I am learning ASP.NET on my laptop, Windows 7/.NET framework 4.0/IIS 7. The web application I am playing with is in folder "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyFirstPublishedWebsite", and on the IIS Manager it is "<machine name> | Sites | MyFirstPublished", and I can access it on web browser as "http://localhost:8080/Default.aspx Go to the complete details ...