I have a web.config file and I want to externalize my connectionStrings
setting so that it points to a separate file like so:

<connectionStrings configSource=".\subdir\connectionstrings.config">

However, I am attempting to encrypt this in code.  (I can't use
aspnet_regiis because I need this to work for app.config files and on a build
machine as well.)
When I try to protect this file, it indicates that my
"connectionstrings.config" file is missing.  When I use filemon, I can see
that it is looking in my c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\subdir
directory instead of the subdirectory in which my config that I am protecting
is located.  Can anyone tell me what's happening here?  I have also tried
locating it in the same directory to no avail.

thanks in advance,

Linda