Question

Currently I have the the default Settings.settings file that I access through Properties.Settings.Default.

But this config is saved in my user’s appdata folder. How can I get there to be only one config file kept in the same dir as the exe that is universal AND can be changed at runtime?

Answer 1

You can’t do this with the Properties.Settings feature, as the documenation says:

Application-scope settings are read only, and can only be changed at
design time or by altering the .exe.config file in
between application sessions. User-scope settings, however, can be
written at run time, just as you would change any property value. The
new value persists for the duration of the application session. You
can persist changes to user settings between application sessions by
calling the Settings.Save method. These settings are saved in the
User.config file.

An alternate approach would be to use the System.IO API to read and write a configuration file you design yourself.