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It should in the same location the application exe fille is located.
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Add reference to System.Configuration
<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42048604-1"><span>Dim config = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.</span>
<span>  OpenExeConfiguration(System.Configuration.ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal)</span>
<span>MessageBox.Show(config.FilePath)</span>
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Change UserLevel as you need. See <a href="https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/616065/Why-Where-and-How-of-NET-Configuration-Files" rel="ugc">this article</a> for more details
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Ark,<br />
I get msg ConfigurationManager is not a member of System.Configuration and ConfigurationUserLevel is not a member of System.Configuration
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arana,<br />
This properties shows me where it puts it on my computer, and does not allow me to change it.
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How are the settings scoped? Application-scoped settings will be in the config file the others have mentioned; user-scoped settings will be in a config file found under the current user's profile folder (i.e. AppData).
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I have scoped both ways with same results.
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I have a vb.net winforms application. I compiled and published it. Then I copied publish folder to another computer. It runs fine. <br />
But I would like change settings in the configuration file. How can I do this? Where can I find location of the Configuration file. I am referring to settings one can create and put in properties (right click on project), settings tab.
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I have a vb.net winforms application. I compiled and published it. Then I copied publish folder to another computer. It runs fine. 
But I would like change settings in the configuration file. How can I do this? Where can I find location of the Configuration file. I am referring to settings one can create and put in properties (right click on project), settings tab.

vb.net Configuration, settings file location?

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented programming language implemented on the .NET framework, but also supported on other platforms such as Mono and Silverlight. Microsoft launched VB.NET as the successor to the Visual Basic language. Though it is similar in syntax to  Visual Basic pre-2002, it is not the same technology,