title: User Settings vs Application Settings vs Resources in Visual Studio 2008
body: <p>I'm a little confused by the different ways Visual Studio allows dynamic values to be saved to a project, and how they are intended to be used. </p>
  
  <p>I understand that if I need to include binary information like an image or a sound file with my application I need to add that to a resource file. But if I'm saving something like a file path as a string why should I use or not use a string in a resource file over a string in an application settings (<code>app.config</code>) file or a user settings (<code>myapp.dll.config</code>) file?</p>