What is the best way to troubleshoot ASPNet 2.0 registration tool ?

Hi;

I modified the STMP mail section in a web config file for a ASP.net 2.0 application and I attempted to encrypt the file using aspnet_regiis (registration tool).

When I tried to execute the batch file, which encrypts each section of the web config file, I got the following error message :

"configuration for virtual path 'a path' and site www.mysite.com cannot be opened ?

Here is a line from the batch file - aspnet_regiis -pe "connectionStrings" -app "/siteDirectory" -site "dev.MySite.com" -prov "RSAProvider"

I copied the batch to my local machine and I wanted to troubleshoot this by creating a local website and then try and encrypt.

My problem is that I don't have IIS 6 working on my machine.

So would I be able to encrypt the file using the local development server ?

Thanks for your insights !