How can I assign "Me" reference from a class to a value?

I am trying to write a LoadFromFile() Sub that will deserialize a file from the HD into my class object, but I cant do it because " 'Me' cannot be target of an assignment ". Right now I am deserializing into a temporary object and then assigning member by memebr to the Me instance. Is thera a way around this?

Dim formatter As System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter = New System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter()
        Dim output As FileStream
        Dim fileName As String = file.FullName
 
        Try
            output = New FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
            Dim tempCon As CConnectionData.CSettings
            tempCon = formatter.Deserialize(output)
            Me.m_szDatabase = tempCon.m_szDatabase
            Me.m_szLoginName = tempCon.m_szLoginName
            Me.m_szPassword = tempCon.m_szPassword
            Me.m_szSQLServer = tempCon.m_szSQLServer
            Me.m_nAuthenticationType = tempCon.m_nAuthenticationType
            output.Flush()
            output.Close()
        Catch ex As System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException
            Console.WriteLine("Error Reading from File. " & ex.Message)
        End Try

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