Hey all, first time in the sub.

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I'm making a Windows Service in C# and I need to configure some parameters on it. Mainly it's connection strings for different databases but also some behavioral settings (update frequency, etc.).

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I'm having some trouble sharing the application settings using the "Settings.settings" between the two projects in my solution: the windows service & the form app to configure it. I can make the form save/load the settings from the "user.config" file in AppData, but I've been trying to load this file into the service but haven't been successful. Is this even possible? Should I just approach it through custom XML files that I deserialize on runtime when starting the service? Maybe as launch parameters when starting the service? This includes passwords, which I'm still thinking on how to save securely.

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I have the service running doing what I need, I just need to be able to configure those parameters so it's not all hardcoded.

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Any help's appreciated :)