C# Settings.Default.Save() not saving? [duplicate]

Answer 1

did you try calling ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection before checking that it got saved ad you could try it again after the reload

Answer 2

Please have a look at this Question

Especially, try out the following code from an answer there:

using System.Configuration;  // Add a reference to System.Configuration.dll
...
var path = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal).FilePath;

Also, check out this overview, perhaps you ran into some limitation which is not easy to tell from your question.

This codeproject article might be of some help.

Answer 3

If you need to test your application how actually working in this case better to run the exe file. When you run on visual studio on debug mode when those settings saving it will take some time. Go to debug folder and run the exe you will get the messages as expected.

Answer 4

After a full day of researching and studying the subject, I was able to solve this by putting the Configuration to the user:

Using System.Configuration; 

Properties.Settings.Default.strinconn = txt_stringconn.Text;
Properties.Settings.Default.Save ();
Properties.Settings.Default.Upgrade ();
MessageBox.Show ("Saved Settings");
Application.Restart ();