Encrypting an ASP.NET web application connection strings by directory

To encrypt an ASP.NET application’s connection strings?by the path of the application, navigate to the .NET framework folder ?%windows%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\versionNumber

Open the command prompt as administrator and point to the .Net directory and run the command

ASPNET_REGIIS -pef “connectionStrings” “C:\Inetpub\<Application Folder>”

(Point to the directory not the web.config file)

If successful the following should be displayed.