Where are the Properties Settings Default stored

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I thought I knew this  but today I m being proven wrong - again   Running VS2008   NET 3 5 and C    I added the User settings to the Properties Settings tab with default values  then read them in using this code   myTextBox Text   Properties Settings Default MyStringProperty    Then  after the user edits the value in the options dialog I save it like this   Properties Settings Default MyStringProperty   myTextBox Text  Properties Settings Default Save      My question is  where is this new value saved   the MyApp exe config file in the executable directory is not updated  it still contains the default values   Plus  as far as I can tell  none of the other files in that directory are updated either   However  when the program reads the value back in  it gets the changed value  so I know it s saved somewhere     This isn t just academic  I needed to be able to manually edit the value this morning and got myself stumped when I couldn t find anything that was changing

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User-specific settings are saved in the user's Application Data folder for that application. Look for a user.config file.

I don't know what you expected, since users often don't even have write access to the executable directory in the first place.

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thanks for pointing me in the right direction   I found user config located at this monstrosity  c  users USER AppData Local COMPANY APPLICATION exe Url LOOKSLIKESOMEKINDOFHASH VERSION user config   I had to uprev the version on my application and all the settings seemed to have vanished   application created a new folder with the new version and used the default settings   took forever to find where the file was stored  but then it was a simple copy and paste to get the settings to the new version

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There is a folder called  Properties  under your project root folder  and there are   settings file under that folder  That s where it gets stored

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They are saved in YOUR APP exe config  the file is saved in the same folder with YOUR APP exe file   lt userSettings gt  section      lt userSettings gt         lt ShowGitlabIssues Properties Settings gt            lt setting name  quot SavedUserName quot  serializeAs  quot String quot  gt               lt value   gt            lt  setting gt            lt setting name  quot SavedPassword quot  serializeAs  quot String quot  gt               lt value   gt            lt  setting gt            lt setting name  quot CheckSave quot  serializeAs  quot String quot  gt               lt value gt False lt  value gt            lt  setting gt         lt  ShowGitlabIssues Properties Settings gt      lt  userSettings gt   here is cs code  public void LoadInfoLogin         if  Properties Settings Default CheckSave    chkRemember Checked                txtUsername Text   Properties Settings Default SaveUserName          txtPassword Text   Properties Settings Default SavePassword          chkRemember Checked   true

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if you use Windows 10  this is the directory  C  Users lt UserName gt  AppData Local     lt ProjectName exe Url somedata gt  1 0 0 0 lt filename config gt

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You can get the path programmatically   using System Configuration      Add a reference to System Configuration dll     var path   ConfigurationManager OpenExeConfiguration ConfigurationUserLevel PerUserRoamingAndLocal  FilePath

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In order to work with newer versions of Windows  policy of only allowing read access by default to the Program Files folder  unless you prompt for elevation with UAC  but that s another topic      your application will have a settings folder under  userprofile  appdata local or  userprofile  Local Settings Application Data depending on which version of Windows you re running  for settings that are user specific  If you store settings for all users  then they ll be in the corresponding folder under C  users or C  Documents and Settings for all user profiles  ex  C  users public appdata local

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For anyone wondering where the settings for apps from the Microsoft Store are  they are either in WindowsApps  which is very locked down  but you can get there by opening your app and then opening the file path with Task-Manager   But it s more likely that they are saved in C  Users  USERNAME  AppData Local Packages  NUMBERS  COMPANY   APPLICATION   RANDOMDATA  LocalCache Local  COMPANY   APPLICATION  exe Url  RANDOMDATA   VERSION  user config

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One of my windows services is logged on as Local System in windows server 2016  and I can find the user config under C  Windows SysWOW64 config systemprofile AppData Local  your application name     I think the easiest way is searching your application name on C drive and then check where is the user config

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it is saved in your Documents and Settings  user  Local Settings Application Data      etc search for a file called user config there  the location may change however

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