The Configuration Files
Each of the .NET configuration files shares a common XML format, although their scopes differ depending on which location the file is in. Some of the files are installed and configured automatically when the framework is installed.
Although the contents of the files differ, they share a common
schema. The root element of each file is the
configuration element, although different elements
will appear as child nodes in the different files. Because the
configuration files are all XML, you can deal with them as you would
any XML document, including editing them with a text editor, or using
the classes in the System.Xml namespace to
manipulate them.
Warning
Although you can edit the configuration file as much as you want, be sure to note that you’re just editing the file on disk. No changes you make on disk will affect the configuration settings once they’ve been read into the configuration system by a running application.
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