Question : Increase the timeout of an ASP.NET application.  My session variables only last 20 minutes

Visual Studio .NET 2005.

ASP.NET, VB.NET.  .NET 2.0

How can I increase the timeout of my application.  I don't want my Session Variables to expire after only 20 minutes.  

I added this in my web config, but it still timeouts after 20 minutes:

Answer : Increase the timeout of an ASP.NET application.  My session variables only last 20 minutes

You can also change the default in IIS. Goto the properties of the site in question, select the ASP.net tab and then click on Edit Configuration. Next select the State Management tab and change the session timeout value to whatever you prefer.