title: Sharing settings file between projects in VS2013
body: <p>I have multiple projects that are accessing the same settings (they were a single project, but I'm re-factoring).  What I would like to do is the equivalent of: </p>
  
  <pre><code>"Add Existing Item" -&gt; "Add Link"
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  <p>The projects are a mixtutre of both C# and VB.  When I try to do add as link, it does bring the settings file in, but it doesn't recognise it.  I actually get the error when trying to load the settings:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to tell the project to use a specific settings file (either inside or outside the IDE)?</p>