c# configuration file

Which version of .net are you using?

Here is a simple example:
// C#
NameValueCollection AllAppSettings = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
Console.WriteLine(AllAppSettings["ApplicationName"]);

Put the following in your App.Config file
<appSettings>
<add key="ApplicationName" value="Demo Application"/>
<add key="ApplicationVersion" value="2.0.0.1"/>
<add key="UserFirstName" value="John"/>
<add key="UserLastName" value="Public"/>
</appSettings>

More detail please see System.configuration namespace

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.configurationmanager.aspx

The other option is to use new project settings feature in VS2005. (VS generates a set of class to manage settings)
Example
http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/appsettings2005.asp

I am using 2005.

Please explain how I can do this. What I want is a stand alone file that is in the same directory as the exe so that I could go into and change the settings versus having to go into the code and recompile.