title: What is the equivalent of an app.config in a WinRT app?
body: <p>In windows desktop development (WinForms, WPF), the <code>app.config</code> is a potential place to put things like connection strings or uri's used within the app. This allows the end user to change these settings, application wide, without having to have a developer rebuild and redeploy.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a similar concept in WinRT apps? </p>
  
  <p>The closest thing I see is there is the local application data:
  <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh700361.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh700361.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>The trouble I am having is that it seems like creating values and setting values in local application data are all done within code. Is there a way to set the values in <code>Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings.Values</code> outside of the code? (similar to how you can change config values in a text editor)? I was hoping that clicking the settings charm would open up a way to access these settings, but I didn't see anything.</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing the point of <code>Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings.Values</code> by trying to compare them to an <code>app.config</code>? Or am I correct in my comparison but missing the way to access them outside of the app?</p>
  
  <p>Please set me straight. </p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>