How to overwrite one property in .properties without overwriting the whole file?

Question

Basically, I have to overwrite a certain property in a .properties file through a Java app, but when I use Properties.setProperty() and Properties.Store() it overwrites the

Answer 1

Properties files are an easy way to provide configuration for an application, but not necessarily a good way to do programmatic, user-specific customization, for just the reason that you've found.

For that, I'd use the Preferences API.