I am using MenuStrips and ToolStrips where the user can move them around and also change the order of the items therein. I use ToolStripManager.SaveSettings to persist these position/order information and I use ToolStripManager.LoadSettings to retrieve them.

On my PC (Vista), the settings are saved in a file named user.config located in Application.LocalUserAppDataPath + @"\my_company_name\Xxxx.exe+StrongName_umcsk13vhyzovqdqq305np5g01t2kq00\a.b.c.d" when:

a. My application exe name is Xxxx.
b.The company attribute is [assembly: AssemblyCompany("my company name")]. Notice that underscores are added in the path name even though the attribute has only spaces.
c. The assembly version isa.b.c.d.

umcsk13vh...2kq00 is not the public key nor public key token for the assembly.

There appears to be a bug in the user.config file and I now need to correct it manually. May I know what is the proper way to get the location of this folder where user.config is located.

Thanks.

Hi,

You can get the path using Configuration Management API.

Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);

Console.WriteLine("Local user config path: {0}", config.FilePath);

You can get more information about setting in this blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rprabhu/articles/433979.aspx

The second Q/A tells about user data path.

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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You want to get to the directory in code? Or just through the file system?

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In code. I need the actual run-time location.

The user.config file is in an unusually obscure location. How do I find out the part of the path after Application.LocalUserAppDataPath?

Thanks.

I did some tests. It appears that whenever a Windows Form application has ToolStrip or MenuStrip, a user.config file is created in Application.LocalUserAppDataPath + @"\company_name\application_name.exe_StrongName_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx\assemblyversion".

Underscores are added in lieu of spaces in the company name and application name attributes.

There is a cryptic long string after _StrongName_.

Hi,

You can get the path using Configuration Management API.

Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);

Console.WriteLine("Local user config path: {0}", config.FilePath);

You can get more information about setting in this blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rprabhu/articles/433979.aspx

The second Q/A tells about user data path.

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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Thanks. Just what I need.