How do I call Initialize on a custom MembershipProvider?

Question

I have read through all the related questions, but I still unable to get the right solution for some reason, something is not right on my side, but not sure what\'s causing

Answer 1

this forces the initialize to be called

private readonly Provider _provider;

public AccountMembershipService(Provider provider)
{
   _provider = provider ?? (Provider) Membership.Provider;
}