title: Viewing Properties.Settings.Default variables
body: <p>I am trying to use Settings.settings to define/persist some vars. For brevity, I've set up a test file to demonstrate the behavior I'm seeing:</p>
  
  <p>First, I define a setting in Settings.settings:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/GbzkH.jpg" alt="From the Settings.settings window (variableName"></p>
  
  <p>I then have the following code to test changing variableName:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    public Form1()
      {
          InitializeComponent();
  
          string newString = Properties.Settings.Default.variableName;
          Properties.Settings.Default.variableName = "This is a new string";
          Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Running the above in the debugger for the first time, I grab the current value (the value I set in the Settings.settings window initially) of variableName from Properties.Settings. As expected, newString is set to "This is a string". Good.....</p>
  
  <p>After executing the next two lines, the debugger shows variableName changed to "This is a new string". Good....</p>
  
  <p>I then run the app through the debugger again. I hit the string newString line and, prior to execution, newString is undefined (of course). Good....</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BpPE3.jpg" alt="Undefined...not executed yet"></p>
  
  <p>As soon as I execute...</p>
  
  <pre><code>string newString = Properties.Settings.Default.variableName;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>... and on subsequent executions of the code, the actual value of variableName is defined as "This is a new string" (Good...as expected).</p>
  
  <p>I then go back to the Settings.settings window. variableName has not changed - it's still "This is a string". I've even closed VSE 2012 and re-opened the project. Settings.settings never changes.</p>
  
  <p>Where is the new value being stored? I've checked all of the .config files ([appname].exe.config, [appname].vshost.exe.config, app.config, and the Settings.settings file) and the new value, "This is a new string" isn't anywhere to be found.</p>
  
  <p>In summary, I'm getting the result I desire from the code, but I can't seem to view the result at design time other than to check the value of the var in the debugger. This seems not only peculiar to me, but impossible. </p>
  
  <p>What am I missing/where am I not looking? I would fully expect the value of variableName to change in the Settings.settings window, but it never does. I've looked everywhere on StackOverflow/Google and can't seem to find the answer.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance....</p>