VS2012 Exporting the "User Settings"

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14149461

  •  12-01-2022
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Question

I am trying to find a good system to store settings that can be changed by the user.
I've tried to use an .ini file but with this I can't seem to save and load some values, like colors.
I've also tried to use XML, but that slowed me down so much to a point that it became useless.

I wanted to know if it's possible to export the Settings.settings from the Properties project. If so, how to export to an XML file?

Here is some code I use to call the settings 

        button1.BackColor = Properties.Settings.Default.ColorINFO;
        button2.BackColor = Properties.Settings.Default.ColorWARNING;
        button3.BackColor = Properties.Settings.Default.ColorServer;

Here is the code I use to save the settings 

        Properties.Settings.Default.ColorINFO = button1.BackColor;
        Properties.Settings.Default.ColorWARNING = button2.BackColor;
        Properties.Settings.Default.ColorServer = button3.BackColor;
        Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
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Solution

I fixed it by using an XML editor which allows to read and write to any XML file, with this I can make a custom settings file. Thank you all for your help :).

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