Best way to save per user options in C#

Question

What is an easy way to save/load settings? I\'d prefer it if each user has their own set of settings.

Answer 1

In .Net applications create settings like this with the built in settings options in Visual Studio - the values are saved in a config file, but VS gives you a nice interface to create them and a .Net class to access them in a strongly typed way. You can create user specific settings or app specific settings in this way.

To create a settings file double click on the Properties folder then select the Settings tab, then click the link to create a "settings.settings" file (yeah, great name!). Once you do this you'll see the actual settings stored in app.config and the autogenerated code to get to these is in Settings.designer.cs.