Types of configuration files and their differences ?

Answer Posted / narayansahu

app.config-> contains application specific settings

web.config
Web.config is a security in ASP.Net application and how to
secure applications. Web.config does most of the work for
the application the who, what, where, when and how to be
authenticated.
1.This is automatically created when you create an ASP.Net
web application project.
2.This is also called application level configuration file.
3.This file inherits setting from the machine.config

Machine.config contains settings that apply to an entire
computer. This file is located in the %runtime install path%
\Config directory. Machine.config contains configuration
settings for machine-wide assembly binding, built-in
remoting channels.
1.This is automatically installed when you install Visual
Studio. Net.
2.This is also called machine level configuration file.
3.Only one machine.config file exists on a server.
4.This file is at the highest level in the configuration
hierarchy.

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