Encrypting appSettings in web.config

Question

I am developing a web app which requires a username and password to be stored in the web.Config, it also refers to some URLs which will be requested by the web app itself an

Answer 1

1. Publish your project
2. Open Developer command Prompt as Administrator
3. use this command asp_rigiis -pef "appSettings" "C:\yourPublishPath" -prov "DataProtectionConfigurationProvider"