[RESOLVED] [2008] understanding my.settings

[Xilbus]

I'm in the process of upgrading from vb6 to .net and still a little new to it. I've been reading up everywhere i can find on my.settings. Previously I had been using an .ini file. At run time I was able to open that file and modify it if necessary:

Dim theiniid As Double
ChDir App.Path
If Dir("myinifile.ini") <> "" Then
    theiniid = Shell("Notepad myinifile.ini", vbMaximizedFocus)
End If

The first thing I've been trying to resolve is that the My.settings config file gets stored several levels deep into the users documents dir. Whats the VB code to access that path since its local per user per OS?

Secondly since the style type is changing from *.ini to *.xml ive been considering creating a form to show these items instead. XML isn't as clean to look at, a form with a listbox would be much easier on the eyes.

Some code i've found to generate this:

For Each item As System.Configuration.SettingsProperty In My.Settings.Properties
    listbox1.items.additem(item.name)
Next

The problem with this batch of code is that item.value doesnt exist, is there a way to access that via this method?

Another thing I've noticed is that during the inital stage of the code I declare

mainform.hide
formnumber2.show

irrigardless the primary form pops up anyways. Anyone know how to stop that?
Thanks