Visual Studio Add-in application settings

Question

I'm developing an add-in for visual studio and I need to store user settings from session to session.  I've read that the standard .net application settings does not work with unmanaged applications like visual studio addins (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k4s6c3a0.aspx).  Is this true? If so is there a good way to store user settings from session to session in a Visual Studio Addin?

Answer 1

If we want to persist changes to user settings between application sessions , we can call theSettings.Save method. But if we use the Settings.Save method, the changed settings are saved in the User.config file . which located in

C:\Users\ (your user name) \AppData\Local\Microsoft_Corporation\LandingPage.exe_StrongName_ryspccglaxmt4nhllj5z3thycltsvyyx\10.0.0.0

or  

C:\Users\(your user name) \AppData\Local\Microsoft_Corporation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Sd_StrongName_xmcaorubfhmecwzepoasgrhczbtohvkz\9.0.0.0

Reference:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730869(v=vs.80).aspx

Answer 2

Hi rmcglaughlin,

I temporary make breathfish's reply as answer. You can unmark it if they provide no help.

Thank you for your understanding!

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