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Asked: 2026-05-13T14:51:39+00:00

I’m programming a fairly simple application which I want to cut to just one

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I’m programming a fairly simple application which I want to cut to just one simple EXE file + some data storage (XML for example).

My question is regarding configuration files. Where to put those files? I saw a few applications that have just an EXE file (uTorrent, Media Player Classic – I can use them without any installation), but they store their config somewhere else. How to achieve this?

How would you approach such situation? Is it better to try to achieve the thing I described above, or simply use a configuration file and data storage in the same directory as the EXE file?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think you want to take a look at Application Settings. This is an API which allows you to save user or application settings using a strongly typed API. Under the hood the settings are stored via XML serialization.

    This API works with virtually every type of .Net application including low permission Click Once versions. It does the work of finding the place on disk appropriate for storing the data and completely hides it from you. It also has a nice GUI integration into Visual Studio.

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