Question

I have 2 web.config files at root/ and at root/Web. I want that when I hit /Root/Web my application should load a certain set of settings from the root/Web.Config even though they are present in /root/web/Web.config

Any ideas where and what should I be modifying?

Answer 1

Yes, the way to do that is removing the elements in sub web.config that conflict with the settings in the root web.config.

If you need them for other purposes then you need to read whatever settings you want/need and apply them programmatically.

From MSDN:

The root of the ASP.NET configuration hierarchy is a file referred to
as the root Web.config file, and it is located in the same directory
as the Machine.config file. The root Web.config file inherits all of
the settings in the Machine.config file. The root Web.config file
includes settings that apply to all of the ASP.NET applications that
run a specific version of the .NET Framework. Because each ASP.NET
application inherits default configuration settings from the root
Web.config file, you need to create Web.config files only for settings
that override the default settings.