WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection fails with "The Role Manager feature has not been enabled." when called from console program - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

I have a MVC4 application using SimpleMembership to authenticate users.
I want to add users from a console program.
The console program that references a class library that has the method that will do the user creation.
It looks like this:
public class UserBuilder
{
private static readonly SimpleMembershipInitializer _membershipInitializer;
private static readonly bool _isInitialized;
private static readonly object _initializerLock = new object();
static UserBuilder()
{
LazyInitializer.EnsureInitialized(ref _membershipInitializer, ref _isInitialized, ref _initializerLock);
}
public void HandleEvent(UserAdded #event)
{
if (!WebSecurity.UserExists("ReportModels"))
{
WebSecurity.CreateUserAndAccount("ReportModels", "ReportModels");
};
}
private class SimpleMembershipInitializer
{
public SimpleMembershipInitializer()
{
WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("DefaultConnection", "UserProfile", "UserId", "UserName", autoCreateTables: true);
}
}
}
When I start my console application I get System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException {"The Role Manager feature has not been enabled."} at the line starting with WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection.
What do I need to do to accomplish this?
I've tried:
adding the nuget package Microsoft ASP.NET Web Pages 2 Web Data to both the console project and the class library project.
the answers listed in this post: SimpleMembershipProvider not working.
verified the connection string.
verified that the tables are in place in the database.
verified that creating users and authenticating them from the MVC4 project works.

Answer 1

Finally solved it thanks to information found in this blog post: http://insomniacgeek.com/to-call-this-method-the-membership-provider-property-must-be-an-instance-of-extendedmembershipprovider/ and some googling.
In essence I needed to add this to my app.config file:
<system.web>
<profile defaultProvider="SimpleProfileProvider">
<providers>
<add name="SimpleProfileProvider" type="WebMatrix.WebData.SimpleMembershipProvider, WebMatrix.WebData"
connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" applicationName="/" />
</providers>
</profile>
<membership defaultProvider="SimpleMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<add name="SimpleMembershipProvider" type="WebMatrix.WebData.SimpleMembershipProvider, WebMatrix.WebData" />
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager defaultProvider="SimpleRoleProvider" enabled="true">
<providers>
<add name="SimpleRoleProvider" type="WebMatrix.WebData.SimpleRoleProvider, WebMatrix.WebData"/>
</providers>
</roleManager>
</system.web>
Please note the enabled="true" on the roleManager element. Without that the same exception will be thrown.