Yes, my connection string looks like this: > ~~~ metadata=res://*/db_model.csdl|res://*/db_model.ssdl|res://*/db_model.msl;provider=System.Data.SQLite.EF6;provider connection string=\"data source=%AppData%\\dbfile.db;password=XXXXXXXXX\" ~~~ the %appdata% is replaced in code with specific folder. it worked with previous System.Data.Sqlite version that I was using.