I have some application settings that I’d like to add to my configuration file,

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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T15:33:59+00:00 2026-05-14T15:33:59+00:00

I have some application settings that I’d like to add to my configuration file,

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I have some application settings that I’d like to add to my configuration file, but I’d like to group them outside of the normal appSettings section.

My thought was that I would just create another section element within the configSections node of the config file, setting the type equal to System.Configuration.AppSettingsSection, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a and the name to MyCustomSection.

I’d like to not re-invent the wheel, as I’m just looking to use the standard appSetting <add key="some key" value="some value"> node structure within a different section name.

I’m basically looking for some opinions as to why I wouldn’t want to reuse the AppSettingsSection class.