Applications settings lost when publish website (Windows Server 2022 IIS)

Hi everyone,

I've set up a Windows Server 2022 to host multiple websites. However, every time I publish a new website via FTP using Visual Studio, the application settings configured on the site disappear.

I'm wondering if I'm missing something in my setup. Should I be configuring the sites differently, or is there a way to prevent these settings from being reset during deployment?

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!