What is the *.vshost.exe.config file?

visual-studio-2008 config
Guy picture Guy · Nov 12, 2008 · Viewed 31.5k times · Source

When I compile an application with VS2008 I sometimes end up with 2 identical config files:

  • *.exe.config
  • *.vshost.exe.config

What is the latter one for?

Answer

Brian picture Brian · Nov 12, 2008

Here's a blog post that talks about the vshost process and its purpose.

http://blogs.msdn.com/dtemp/archive/2004/08/17/215764.aspx

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