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

Wonderful discussion, I've adding more comments to ResetConfigMechanism method to understand the magic behind the statement/calls in the method. Also added file path exist check

using System;//AppDomain
using System.Linq;//Where
using System.Configuration;//app.config
using System.Reflection;//BindingFlags
using System.Io;

/// 

/// Use your own App.Config file instead of the default.
/// 
/// 
public static void ChangeAppConfig(string NewAppConfigFullPathName)
{
    if(File.Exists(NewAppConfigFullPathName)
    {
      AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("APP_CONFIG_FILE", 
      NewAppConfigFullPathName);
      ResetConfigMechanism();
      return;
    }
}

/// 

/// Remove cached values from ClientConfigPaths.
/// Call this after changing path to App.Config.
/// 
private static void ResetConfigMechanism()
{
    BindingFlags Flags = BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static;
      /* s_initState holds one of the four internal configuration state.
          0 - Not Started, 1 - Started, 2 - Usable, 3- Complete

         Setting to 0 indicates the configuration is not started, this will 
         hint the AppDomain to reaload the most recent config file set thru 
         .SetData call
         More [here][1]

      */
    typeof(ConfigurationManager)
        .GetField("s_initState", Flags)
        .SetValue(null, 0);


    /*s_configSystem holds the configuration section, this needs to be set 
        as null to enable reload*/
    typeof(ConfigurationManager)
        .GetField("s_configSystem", Flags)
        .SetValue(null, null);

      /*s_current holds the cached configuration file path, this needs to be 
         made null to fetch the latest file from the path provided 
        */
    typeof(ConfigurationManager)
        .Assembly.GetTypes()
        .Where(x => x.FullName == "System.Configuration.ClientConfigPaths")
        .First()
        .GetField("s_current", Flags)
        .SetValue(null, null);
    return;
}