Configuration file issue

[ashishraj14]

How can I make my application to expect config file under "C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\MyApplication" folder rather install
folder.

My app performs read/write operation on application configuration file that
gets installed under application folder "c:\program files\My Application". It
works alright on XP, but as soon as I run it on VISTA machine, I start
hitting virtualization & UAC issues.

How can make my app run under VISTA? Can I move the config file under
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data" folder? If yes, how
can I make my app to expect config file under "C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data" rather app folder.

Thanks

 

[JurkMonkey]

If you are using .Net 2.0 or higher and Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 then you can simply use the Settings.Settings file and change each value from "Application" to "User" where it will take care of the config files for you.

If you are reading/writing your own config files manually then you will want to look at the System.Environment static properties

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.environment.specialfolder.aspx

Hope that helps

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