Problem accessing AppSettings via configSource in Windows Server 2003

Question

According to the MSDN documentation, configSource is supported on Windows Server 2003 SP2. However, when I try to access a setting using the following syntax:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SettingName"];

then null is returned. However, the same app works properly on Windows 7 and Windows XP (i.e. AppSettings["SettingName"] returns the expected value when using configSource).

The file that configSource points to exists for sure, since I copied the entire application directory from Windows 7 to Server 2003 for testing.

Any ideas?

You've tried this with permissions wide open and/or running the app as an admin? (just to help narrow things down; not advocating for this!) — Michael Haren, Jul 23 '10 at 15:26

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 12 '23 at 12:09

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You have an incomplete application manifest file. You need to add the "assemblyIdentity" element. Details here. There is also an MS Connect bug here.

edited Mar 12 '23 at 12:09

Glorfindel

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answered Jul 23 '10 at 19:17

GuyBehindtheGuy

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You must be psychic. +1 Thanks! – Mark Carpenter Jul 23 '10 at 19:25

Problem accessing AppSettings via configSource in Windows Server 2003

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