Web Deploy / Publish is adding a unknown connection string?

Question

Previously publishing my web api app was working perfectly. Today i converted my app from being \"any cpu\" to x86. Now when i\'m publishing its adding a connection string t

Answer 1

Add this project property to the .csproj file by editing the XML:

  

    false

    ...
  
  ...

Alternatively, use a Web Publishing Pipeline targets file as described in this related StackOverflow question.