What is difference between machine.config and Web.Config?

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What is difference between machine.config and Web.Config?..

Answer / sandip divate

machine.config is for configuration settings of all the
applications on a machine. where as web.config is
application specific.it contains configuration settings for
a application.

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What is difference between machine.config and Web.Config?..

Answer / madhunathanv

Web.config is particular WebApplication Specific,it has
diff web.config files for different applications.

Machine.config is Whole .Net Application specific ,it is
only one.ie..,machine.config applies to the entire machine

The Configuration system first searches settings in
machine.config file & then looks in application
configuration files(web.config)

AFAIK

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What is difference between machine.config and Web.Config?..

Answer / suresh

In Machine.config file you can store,
1. Connection strings
2. Membership
3. RoleManager
4. Profile
5. HttpHandlers

in web.config
1. Database connections
2. Session States
3. Error Handling
4. Security

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What is difference between machine.config and Web.Config?..

Answer / kannan

Web.Config Files - It is used to maintain the all type of
configuration like that Database connection and Error log
configuration and also maintain the Authenticate of user
security of the web application

Machine.config - only one file was created in your
microsoft .net folder when you installed the microsoft
visual studio.
So, it is used to configuration for the particular server
machine.

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