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What's .NET XML configuration file for?

I find some of the .NET execution files have accompanying .config file. For example, I have LINQPad.exe and LINQPad.exe.config.

What's this LINQPad.exe.config for? 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/>
  </startup>
  <runtime>
    <legacyUnhandledExceptionPolicy enabled="1" />
  </runtime>
</configuration>
Solution

  • It's used for storing the application settings.

    See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8eyb2ct1.aspx