'Where does an application store user.config?

I have on my PC a C# WinForms application which was installed via MS click-once deployment.

I can see that the user.config file used by Settings is located in a folder under:

C:\Users\<me>\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\Data\<several other folders>\Data\<version string>

but those other folders have seemingly meaningless random names.

How does the app (or the framework, really) know where to find that user.config file? I need to access it from another application, and don't want to have to open a "Find File" dialog for the User to do it...

I have tried searching the Registry for that location, without success.

Thanks

c++sharpwinformssettingsclickonce


Solution 1:[1]

Application directory

Examine the value of Environment.GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) for the exact directory for the current user.

Solution 2:[2]

I found the local user settings stored C:\Users\ currentUserName \AppData\Local\ my_application

Where as Environment.GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) returned C:\Users\ currentUserName \AppData\Roaming
But thanks to @raulmd13 for the clue

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Solution 1 raulmd13
Solution 2 Gideon

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