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    <p>This question was originally posted as "Error occurred loading a configuration file: Access to path c:\Program Files (x86)\… denied", but I didn't have much success finding a solution.</p> <p>My application was written on Windows 7, it's a 32-bit application written with Visual Studio 2010. When I try to deploy this application on a Windows 8 system, the app fails during form_Load, with an error about access to a tmp file in the EXE's directory. I am not creating this temp file directly, but it has a name which is consistent with one generated by the C# GetTempFileName method. The name of the EXE config file (MyApp.exe.config) is also referenced in the error message. </p> <p>I use the ConfigurationManager to store all of my application settings at startup, so I'm guessing that it is somehow related to this. If I build the application on a Windows 8 system it runs fine on the Windows 8 system, but generates the same error if deployed on a Windows 7 system. I don't know yet exactly what line of code is causing the error but the calls boil down to</p> <pre><code>System.Configuration.Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None); config.AppSettings.Settings.Add(settingName, settingValue); config.Save(); ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("appSettings"); </code></pre> <p>Both the Windows 7 and 8 systems are 64-bit but the application is 32-bit. Thanks in advance for any advice in solving this. </p> <p>I use the Settings class to handle the configuration data and the TEMP variable is what I expect it to be, my user\AppSettings\Local\Temp. </p>
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    1. COIf you are not getting answers to your question it means your question is not clear. Update your original question, this is a duplicate of that question, its not cool to duplicate questions. As for not creating the file in a temp file you actually are. You do understand you don't have to handle the configuration file yourself there is a Settings class that will handle it for you? My guess your having a permission problem on both systems, handle that problem, and its solved on both.
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    2. COA temp file should *never* be created in c:\program files. You'll need to find out what's wrong with the config of that machine. Focus on the value of the TEMP environment variable.
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    3. COpossible duplicate of [Error occurred loading a configuration file: Access to path c:\Program Files (x86)\... denied](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13344921/error-occurred-loading-a-configuration-file-access-to-path-c-program-files-x8)
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