aspnet_setreg.exe

[Peter Rilling]

Can aspnet_setreg.exe work for regular app.config files as well?

[Mohamoss]

Hi Peter
I guess there is no problem with that if you give the process that will
read these registry keys later the appropriate permissions. I haven't try
it myself though
Mohamed Mahfouz
MEA Developer Support Center
ITworx on behalf of Microsoft EMEA GTSC

[Jediah L.]

Peter,

I've never tried so I'm not sure - perhaps you should just give it a try and
see what happens. :)

However, if you want to implement the same type of functionality in your
app.config files, there is a very good article @
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...SecNetHT07.asp

This article talks you point by point through making a data protection DLL
that utilizes the Data Protection API DPAPI - which is the same API used by
the ASPNET_SETREG.

As an FYI, if you do decide to take this path: the ASPNET_SETREG uses the
Machine Store - and encryptes and decrypts the string values as Unicode.
Good Luck!
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Can aspnet_setreg.exe work for regular app.config files as well?

[Nick Malik]

yes. It is not just restricted to asp.net web.config files.

--- Nick

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