Open web.config from console application?

Question

I have a console capplication that runs on the same computer that hosts a bunch of web.config files. I need the console application to open each web.config file and decrypt

Answer 1

Ok I got it... compiled and accessed this so i know it works...

      VirtualDirectoryMapping vdm = new VirtualDirectoryMapping(@"C:\test", true);
            WebConfigurationFileMap wcfm = new WebConfigurationFileMap();
            wcfm.VirtualDirectories.Add("/", vdm);


            // Get the Web application configuration object.
            Configuration config = WebConfigurationManager.OpenMappedWebConfiguration(wcfm, "/");

            ProtectSection(config, @"connectionStrings", "DataProtectionConfigurationProvider");

This is assuming you have a file called web.config in a directory called C:\Test.

I adjusted @Dillie-O's methods to take a Configuration as a parameter.

You must also reference System.Web and System.configuration and any dlls containing configuration handlers that are set up in your web.config.