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My solution has two exe apps inside. Console application (Console.exe) and wpf application (MyUI.exe). Wpf application is a startup project, and console one is a small installation tool. Both have app.config file which contains db info. I have problem with this config file after I build the solution. In bin folder I have my wpf app and config file with the same name, e.g.:

MyUI.exe and MyUI.exe.config.

But there is no config file for console application. Is there any setting I should set to make it right?

When I set build action to content and copy to output... to Copy always then I have "App.config" file in bin directory, but there is no "Console.exe.config".

szaman
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    Have you tried looking into the bin folder of the `Console` application? It sounds like you're just looking in the bin folder of `MyUI`. – RB. May 06 '14 at 08:44
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    The `app.config` is turned into a file called `YourApp.exe.config` - or in your case - `MyUI.exe.config` - upon compilation. So after a compile - **of course** you won't have an `app.config` anymore - it's now called `MyUI.exe.config` ..... – marc_s May 06 '14 at 08:46
  • @RB. Yes the file is in bin folder of my Console application. But the problem is that it is not available in bin folder of my solution. – szaman May 06 '14 at 08:49
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    @szaman Your *solution* doesn't have a bin folder...! You have 2 projects, each of which have their own bin folder. – RB. May 06 '14 at 08:52
  • @RB. Yes you are right. It looks like configuration problem. I have to review app properties. Thanks for tip. – szaman May 06 '14 at 08:56
  • @RB. Ok, there was a problem with project configuration. Thanks for advice. Please make this comment an answer so i will be able to mark it as correct. – szaman May 06 '14 at 09:03

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There is no such thing as a solution output folder - each project has it's own output folder, in which the App.config will be placed (after it's renamed to [exe_name].config).

RB.
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