Terry: Your answer leaves me with even more questions. For instance, I
already use the CMAB in my application to read a 'base' settings file that I
use to supply control settings. These settings come from a server file and
are NOT changed by the user - only myself. As I see it, the CMAB cannot read
anything but the MyApp.exe.config file (i.e. I would want the actual user
preferences settings stored in another XML file such as AppSettings.xml -
and the CMAB cannot be told to 'read' this file instead).

Also, even if I did use the CMAB, are you saying that the best way would be
to manually populate the CMAB? Remember, I am going to use a Property Grid
to interface the settings to the user. Would not simply serializing the
class that I 'bind' to the Property Grid suffice? Or are there bigger issues
to this?

Don't get the wrong idea - I am open to using the CMAB. I just don't see any
way for it to read anything but the base config file, and since I use that
file to supply hard-coded info to my users, I can't use it to store user
preferences. Again, not trying to answer my own question, but just curious
of the various ways I could do this (and what would be the most logical).
Thanks.

Tom

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/cmab.asp

I did suggest this but it was frowned upon.

System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Applicatio
nData).

This sounds like the way I want to go. I can probably modify the
XmlFileStorage provider as you describe, but thought I'd ask if you have some
code snippets where you've already done this. I'd prefer not to reinvent the
wheel. Of course, I already am indebted to you for the suggestion on how to
accomplish this feature, so Thanks Already!