What is the difference between application scoped and user scoped settings? Why cant I change application scoped settings at runtime? Where is the user.config file located in a non-Clickonce app? Why is the user.config path so obscure? Why is there a version number in the user.config path? How can I get the user.config file path programmatically in a non-Clickonce app? Is there any way to change or customize the path of the user.config file? Where is the user.config file located if I deployed my application using Clickonce? If I deploy a new version of my application, will the user lose all the settings saved by the previous version? How do I know when to call Upgrade in a Clickonce app? How do I know when to call Upgrade in a non-Clickonce app? Are there multiple config files for an application or just one? How are my strongly typed properties serialized as settings? How do I get the class to serialize correctly? Why are user scoped settings present in the app.config? How do I use IPersistComponentSettings? How do I persist application settings in the registry? How do I use a Web service client to retrieve application settings?