How can I get path of user.config from another assambly?

Question

I would like to have only one configuration file for all assemblies that are in my solution. So what is the best way to get the path of user.config from an other assembly?

You could [add a link](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jjameson/archive/2009/04/02/linked-files-in-visual-studio-solutions.aspx) to the config file you want to use. — ean5533, Mar 26 '13 at 15:34
Already did that, but this generates a seperate user.config in a different folder at runtime. — christophrus, Mar 26 '13 at 15:44
Ah, I thought you meant that you only wanted one user.config file *at build time*. I didn't realize you wanted one config file at run time as well. Then yes, you'll have to do something like David suggested below. — ean5533, Mar 26 '13 at 15:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 15:34

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user.config is nothing but a xml file. You can read it with XmlDocument then.

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("user.config");

XmlElement element = doc.DocumentElement;

XmlAttributeCollection attr_coll = myElement.Attributes;

for (int i = 0; i < attr_coll.Count; i++)
{
    string attr_name = attr_coll[i].Name;
}

answered Mar 26 '13 at 15:34

David

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but how do I get the correct location of the user.config then? – christophrus Mar 26 '13 at 15:45
you don't know the location of user.config? – David Mar 26 '13 at 15:48
How would I know since its something like: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\%appname%\%appname%.exe_Url_0s1u3ca1jts0vu5qozcghkp3j4rzk3l2\%version%\ ? – christophrus Mar 26 '13 at 15:50
so you might refine your question as: how do I get the path of user.config. – David Mar 26 '13 at 15:52
Hi @christophrus . Have you found an answer to your question? I'm trying to retrieve the path to user.config from different assembly as well. Thank you! – Norbert Szenasi Jun 22 '20 at 14:17

How can I get path of user.config from another assambly?

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