Where Is Machine.Config?

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I want to apply a change so That I can use Server GC settings for my C# 3.5 app - I can do that by editing the machine.config file.

The only problem is I do not know where that is.

How can I find the path of this file in a repeatable way across a number of different machines

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32-bit

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\[version]\config\machine.config

64-bit

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\[version]\config\machine.config

[version] should be equal to v1.0.3705, v1.1.4322, v2.0.50727 or v4.0.30319.

v3.0 and v3.5 just contain additional assemblies to v2.0.50727 so there should be no config\machine.config. v4.5.x and v4.6.x are stored inside v4.0.30319.

Petoj_585530

It semi-depends though... mine is:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG

and

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\CONFIG

Timothy_Khouri_119170
  1. Open Windows Run command. Shortcut=> windows key + r
  2. Type "microsoft.net" - MS .Net folder opens up
  3. Open "Framework"/"Framework64" folder(based on your processor).
  4. Select specific FW version folder e.g. "v4.0.30319"
  5. Open config folder
  6. Machine.config will be available there. Cheers.
user_53127470

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG

John_Saunders_763370

This is a late reply, but if anyone is still looking to open machine.config and view/update configs, here's an example with IIS config using powershell

$machineConfig = [System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager]::OpenMachineConfiguration()

$deployment = $machineConfig.GetSection("system.web/deployment")

$deplyment.Retail = $true

$machineconfig.save()
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