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Asked: 2026-05-31T06:13:28+00:00

I want to save my preferences for a program. I just want to know

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I want to save my preferences for a program. I just want to know how to do it, since I cant get how to save this file at my documents, because every computer has a different name and username, but using the 

My.User.Name

returns ‘USERNAME-PC-USERNAME’ which doesn’t work.

For example, I want the program to create this text file ‘CPreferences’ at ‘C:\Users\’username’\Documents’. And then when the program is re-opened it will automatically load this file into itself, the file will basically contain 2 lines:

Option1:<Value 1>
Option2:<Value 2>

The values will represent choices, ofcourse. So fundamentally, my question is:

1) How to save this file automatically at this user’s documents WITHOUT showing a savefiledialog?
2) How to automatically load it if the file there exists?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think what you’re looking for is user configuration.

    You can store settings for users that will be unique to the logged in user.

    Use this as a reference for getting started with it:
    http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12252/Application-settings-in-VB-NET-2-0-and-Visual-Stud

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