Where to store configuration information

Question

I have a console application that I am rebuilding from C to C#. This application has to be able to support the legacy method of storing information like parameters from a c

Answer 1

I like using Settings. These can be generated automatically either by creating a settings file using the Add New File dialog box, or by adding a default settings file from project properties.

Each setting may be in user or application scope, which controls whether or not the user can change them or they are restricted to their default values. They are easily saved with the Save() method and loaded automatically into the static Default property.

This class seems to be for application or user-based settings. I'm looking for per-run settings. Would you still recommend using this class in that case? – x97mdr

Yes. If you have both user/application based settings and per-run settings you should use two different classes - the normal (saved) settings and the per-run settings.

As long as you don't save the per-run settings, you should be safe and settings are still quite easy to use. These are static settings though. If the same application run needs several instances - this is the wrong approach.