title: c# windows service config file
body: <p>I have created a C# .net Windows Service that has a config file.</p>
  
  <p>I am reading the settings of the config file from my code using </p>
  
  <pre><code>string setting1 = Properties.Settings.Default.setting1;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I change the value of setting1 directly in the .config file of the Windows Service for some reason it maintains the value that I had set for it at design time, in the Settings Dialog of the Project.</p>
  
  <p>I do not understand what I am doing wrong ..</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>