Encrypting Web Config using ASPNET_REGIIS

Question

I need to encrypt certain parts of web config. After reading some tutorials I have learned that using the tool ASPNET_REGIIS is the way to go. This is what I am trying at the moment: From the Command Prompt

ASPNET_REGIIS -pef "identity" "D:\IIS\admin.mySite.com"

"The configuration section 'system.web\identity' was not found."

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ASPNET_REGIIS -pef "system.web\identity" "D:\IIS\admin.mySite.com"

"The configuration section 'system.web\identity' was not found."

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ASPNET_REGIIS -pef "system.web/identity" "D:\IIS\admin.mySite.com"

"Failed to encrypt the section 'system.web/identity' using provider 'RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider' Error message from the provider: Object already exists."

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To try and see if am getting anything right I tried the following:

ASPNET_REGIIS -pef "connectionStrings" "D:\IIS\admin.mySite.com"

"Failed to encrypt the section 'connectionStrings' using provider 'RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider' Error message from the provider: Object already exists."

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ASPNET_REGIIS -pef "connectionStrings" "D:\IIS\admin.mySite.com"

"Failed to encrypt the section 'connectionStrings' using provider 'RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider' Error message from the provider: Object already exists."

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ASPNET_REGIIS -pef "DoesNotExist" "D:\IIS\admin.mySite.com"

"The configuration section 'DoesNotExist' was not found."

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Help!

Answer 1

I had a similar problem and when I tried running it from a command prompt with elevated privileges ("run as administrator") solved the problem.