Change default app.config at runtime

Question

I have the following problem:
We have an application that loads modules (add ons). These modules might need entries in the app.config (e.g. WCF configuration). Because t

Answer 1

Daniel's solution seems to work even for downstream assemblies I had used AppDomain.SetData before, but was unaware of how to reset the internal configuration flags

Converted to C++/CLI for those interested

/// 

/// Remove cached values from ClientConfigPaths.
/// Call this after changing path to App.Config.
/// 
void ResetConfigMechanism()
{
    BindingFlags Flags = BindingFlags::NonPublic | BindingFlags::Static;
    Type ^cfgType = ConfigurationManager::typeid;

    Int32 ^zero = gcnew Int32(0);
    cfgType->GetField("s_initState", Flags)
        ->SetValue(nullptr, zero);

    cfgType->GetField("s_configSystem", Flags)
        ->SetValue(nullptr, nullptr);

    for each(System::Type ^t in cfgType->Assembly->GetTypes())
    {
        if (t->FullName == "System.Configuration.ClientConfigPaths")
        {
            t->GetField("s_current", Flags)->SetValue(nullptr, nullptr);
        }
    }

    return;
}

/// 

/// Use your own App.Config file instead of the default.
/// 
/// 
void ChangeAppConfig(String ^NewAppConfigFullPathName)
{
    AppDomain::CurrentDomain->SetData(L"APP_CONFIG_FILE", NewAppConfigFullPathName);
    ResetConfigMechanism();
    return;
}