On the Settings page of the project properties there is a Synchronize button, which will delete all user config files and start again from the default values in the application config file.
I clicked Synchronize button. Got message:
“No user.config files were found in any of the following locations: “
(No information is provided about the locations.)
I found this message on social.
msdn.microsoft.com/Forums and the moderator suggested “Did you add the App.config in the project? Please try to add it from "Right click on the project" -> "Add Item..." -> "Add Application Configuration File"
Application Settings Won't Synchronize
My project already had App.config. However, when I open it, there are errors shown in Error List. And it doesn’t include all the settings in My.Settings.
The user in that post did My.Settings.Reset().
I did that, causing user.config to have these basic lines:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
</configuration>
However, Project, Settings still showed my Settings. So there was still a "disconnect" between these two.
I manually deleted the settings I previously had added, then added them again (in Project, Settings).
After adding two of them, I checked user.config and it still showed no settings.
But at some point user.config changed because it now shows the correct data.
I don’t know if closing the project or restarting VB did that.
However, App.config still shows incorrect data and the errors also appear (only when I open the file).
I’ve solved my problem.
Some day perhaps I’ll understand the relationship of user.config, App.config, and what appears in Project Settings.
There seems to be a “disconnect” among these.
And the cryptic message in My.Settings Synchronize button:
Why does it not show the locations?
What is it supposed to synchronize?
