app.config question

[Tom Yaz]

I am developing and testing a VB.NET windows service using a app.config files. As you know, when compiled a .config.exe is created. I started up the service, shut it down then went into the config.exe file to change a setting. Restarted the service, but the change I was expecting did not occur. Am I doing this wrong?

Note that I am doing this all on the same machine.

Thanks

[scuzymoto]

I to have a .NET app running on a server as a service. Occasionally I have to change settings in the exe.config file as well. I do basically what you did. Stop the service, change the exe.config file, and then restart the service. For me this has always worked so I would venture a guess that the problem isn't with the config file.

Just in case, I might try unistalling the service, reinstalling the service to see if that shakes it loose. If your still not having luck then it might be a code problem not reading in the setting right.

[Tom Yaz]

I had a bit of bad advice from a co-worker on how to set this up.
(He's usually dead-on so I will let it slide I found the correct way by doing a web search. I was trying to create the exe.config via coding when I should have been writing the app.config file and compiling to a exe.config. All is ok.