Rohan Thomas

ASP.Net 2.0 membership error - Create new user

At some point you must have used the "Administer Website" option in order to create a user, and right when u enter the details and click to create a user, VS throws this error :

An error was encountered. Please return to the previous page and try again.

The following message may help in diagnosing the problem: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner) at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at
System.Web.Administration.WebAdminMembershipProvider.
 GetWebAdminMembershipProviderHelperProperty(String propertyName) at
System.Web.Administration.WebAdminMembershipProvider.
 get_MinRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters() at
System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.AttemptCreateUser() at
System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.
 OnNextButtonClick(WizardNavigationEventArgs e) at
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Wizard.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) at
System.Web.UI.WebControls.CreateUserWizard.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) at
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Wizard.WizardChildTable.
 OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args)
at System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) at
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnCommand(CommandEventArgs e) at
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.
 IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at
System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler
sourceControl, String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.
 RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) at
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain
(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

Looks familiar?

This is a problem, but not exactly what the error describes...

For a quick fix just make sure that you use a password meeting the requirements of the password settings. For the default password settings, a password like "RohanT!" would suffice... There you go! Now you can create users successfully.... :)

P.S : You also can also change the password settings if you dont wanna type the special character everytime ;)

Cheers!