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Application will not read the changes made to app.config or machine.config at runtime
Source: Microsoft Support
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Change the app.config or machine.config when the application that uses them is running.
The application will not be able to read these changes, and the new changes made to the .config files will not be reflected in the application.
.NET Framework will read the .config file once at application startup and then not read them again during that session.
Restart the application so it can read these changes.
App.Config reloading
(http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2005/02/20/376880.aspx)
Machine.Configuration Files
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229697.aspx)
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