Hi I am trying out the membership features for .NET and I am using the ASP.NET Web application Administration Tool. My question is where is the user data being stored? I checked my databases and I cannot find it anywhere. I also tried to look for any information within Providers in the admin tool but I still could not locate a path. Can someone help me out? Thanks.
[EDIT] Nothing is in the App_Data folder.
Also I was wondering when I right click App_Data and try to add a database, there is no option to do so. (Add New Item).
Look for a file called ASPNETDB.MDF in the App_Data folder of your web application project. That’s a SQL Express database file.
Edit: Try looking in the App_Data folder in Windows Explorer. It may be on the disk but not showing up in the project inside of Visual Studio.
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