unexpected declaration in appSettings?

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Pat Moran - 11 Jan 2008 16:20 GMT

I have an application that was running fine on Vista but has suddenly started
failing whn it tries to access configuration data. Whe I try to access the
ConecctionsSrting or call the method ConfigurationManager.AppSettings,

I get an exception with the message

The configuration section 'appSettings' has an unexpected declaration.

I have check the application and the user config files and they seem to be
OK. Any suggestions for what th eproblem migh be.

Thanks

Pat

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Michael Nemtsev [MVP] - 12 Jan 2008 11:29 GMT

Hello Pat,

compare the current version of your config with previous one.
seems that smth was changed accidentally

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PM> I have an application that was running fine on Vista but has
PM> suddenly started failing whn it tries to access configuration data.
PM> Whe I try to access the ConecctionsSrting or call the method
PM> ConfigurationManager.AppSettings,
PM>
PM> I get an exception with the message
PM>
PM> The configuration section 'appSettings' has an unexpected
PM> declaration.
PM>
PM> I have check the application and the user config files and they seem
PM> to be OK. Any suggestions for what th eproblem migh be.
PM>
PM> Thanks
PM>
PM> Pat
PM>

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Pat Moran - 12 Jan 2008 17:31 GMT

I have checked and system does not currently have any Application, local user
or roaming user config files. I used the
Configuration uconfig =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);

function(s)) to get the diffeent config flr paths and checked that they
don't exist.

Pat

> Hello Pat,
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