.NET Centralized Configuration for Windows Services and WCF Web Services

Does anybody know of a way to centralize a .NET app config so that it can be used by multiple windows services and multiple wcf web services on a computer? They are all installed in separate folders under \program files. Our software currently has a separate app config for each application but it's getting crazy trying to maintain it all.

We have though of having each application reference a gac dll that can read from a central file but that will probably not work due to the wcf client configuration for those apps that call wcf web services.

For example we will typically have 2 or more wcf开发者_高级运维 webservices and/or 2 or more windows services on a computer and they each have their own configuration files.

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.NET configuration file can reference another config file. If your apps are deployed similar to this:

Program Files \ MyCompany \ Shared.config
Program Files \ MyCompany \ ClientA \ ClientA.config

You can reference Shared.config from ClientA.config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    ...
    <appSettings file="..\Shared.config">

You can also try putting settings into machine.config. From Configuring Services Using Configuration Files:

... This mechanism allows machine-wide settings to be defined in the Machine.config file. The App.config file can be used to override the settings of the Machine.config file; you can also lock in the settings in Machine.config file so that they get used.