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Santi
Santi

Reputation: 33

How to place the exe.config file in the AppData in the installation?

I have developed a Windows Form Program in C# with Visual Stuido 2013. When it is installed, I would like the exe.config file to be in the AppData path. Becuase sometimes the program will have to read and write that file and I don't want the program has to be executed with administrator rights.

When I create the installer with a setup project, I add to the Application Folder the "Primary output from the program", but I can not specify that the exe.config may place into the AppData path.

Is there some way to do that in order to avoid the administrator rights?

Thank you.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1782

Answers (2)

Gabriel Worley
Gabriel Worley

Reputation: 66

using System.Configuration; using System.IO;

    Configuration config = null;

    public Program()
    {       
        string app_data = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);

        StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(app_data + "\\MyApp.exe.config", false);
        sw.WriteLine("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" ?>");
        sw.WriteLine("<configuration>");
        sw.WriteLine("</configuration>");
        sw.Close();

        ExeConfigurationFileMap fileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap();
        fileMap.ExeConfigFilename = app_data + "\\MyApp.exe.config";
        config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(fileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        config.AppSettings.Settings.Add("Key", "Value");
        config.Save();

        Console.ReadLine();
    }

Upvotes: 3

Gabriel Worley
Gabriel Worley

Reputation: 66

Why not just install the application in AppData?

        string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(".\\");

        string app_data = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) + "\\Apps\\MyApp";
        Directory.CreateDirectory(app_data);

        foreach (var file in files)
        {
            File.Copy(file, app_data + file.Substring(file.LastIndexOf("\\")) );
        }

Upvotes: 1

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