Web.config and Machine.Config in Asp.Net

Question

Hi friends What is the difference between Web.config and Machine.Config?

Ajitender Vijay · Answer

Hi Web.config It is an optional XML File which stores configuration details for a specific asp.net web application. Machine.Config The Machine.Config file, which specifies the settings that are global to a particular machine. This file is located at the following path: \WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\[Framework Version]\CONFIG\machine.config As web.config file is used to configure one asp .net web application, same way Machine.config file is used to configure the application according to a particular machine. That is, configuration done in machine.config file is affected on any application that runs on a particular machine. Usually, this file is not altered and only web.config is used which configuring applications. You can override settings in the Machine.Config file for all the applications in a particular Web site by placing a Web.Config file in the root directory of the Web site as follows: \InetPub\wwwroot\Web.Config

Deepak Sharma · Answer

http://24x7aspnet.blogspot.in/2009/06/difference-between-webconfig-and.html

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Akshay, Machine.Config:- 1) This is automatically installed when you install .Net Framework. 2)Only one machine.config file can exist on a server. 3) This file is at the highest level in the configuration hierarchy. 4)Its like a common repository for standard items and its over ridden by web.config file. 5)With out the Machine.Config file Application can not be executed. Web.Config:- 1) This is automatically created when you create an ASP.Net web application project. 2)This file inherits the settings from the machine.config 3)With out the Web.Config file Application can still be executed. Thanks