title: Accessing Properties.Settings userSettings from a DLL
body: <p>A component of the GUI of my main application is its own project, and the main application just uses the .dll of the GUI component when running. Since the <code>userSettings</code> are stored in the GUI component's <code>app.config</code>, which the main app does not copy, I cannot save userSettings (no user.config created).</p>
  
  <p>The possible ways around this I see are either being able to store the component's <code>userSettings</code> in an external config file (referenced by its <code>app.config</code>) that is copied to the main app's directory at runtime, or somehow putting all the <code>userSettings</code> at the main app's level (since its <code>.exe.config</code> is copied) and accessing it from the GUI component.</p>
  
  <p>However, I have not been able to get either of these methods to work for saving the <code>userSettings</code>. Any ideas?  If any clarification is needed, please let me know. </p>