Difference between ConfigurationManager and ConfigurationSettings

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Karthick picture Karthick · Sep 11, 2012 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

What is the main difference between System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["key"] and System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["key"] ?

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Christian.K picture Christian.K · Sep 11, 2012

ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings is obsolete. ConfigurationManager.AppSettings is the replacement.

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