Differences between App.Config and Web.Config?

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Published on 2009-09-11T18:26:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 19:53 UTC
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when building a desktop app in wpf can you read documentation of problems and safely subsititute 'app.config' when people's answer's refer to 'web.config'?

if so are there any glaring GOTCHAS you have to look out for?

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