machine.config

Location of machine.config

The file is located at %Windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework(64)\Version\Config, for example under

%Windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config or
%Windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config.

The location can programmatically be determined using the System.Configuration.Configuration class:

using System;
using System.Configuration;

class C {

   static void Main() {

      Configuration machine_config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMachineConfiguration();

      Console.WriteLine("Configuration file is {0}", machine_config.FilePath);
   }
}

In PowerShell, it can be found like so:

PS C:\> [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeEnvironment]::SystemConfigurationFile

Format

<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <section name="appSettings" type="System.Configuration.AppSettingsSection, System.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" restartOnExternalChanges="false" requirePermission="false"/>
        <section name="connectionStrings" type="System.Configuration.ConnectionStringsSection, System.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" requirePermission="false"/>
        …
        <sectionGroup name="system.runtime.caching" type="System.Runtime.Caching.Configuration.CachingSectionGroup, System.Runtime.Caching, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a">
            <section name="memoryCache" type="System.Runtime.Caching.Configuration.MemoryCacheSection, System.Runtime.Caching, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
        </sectionGroup>
        <sectionGroup name="system.xml.serialization" type="System.Xml.Serialization.Configuration.SerializationSectionGroup, System.Xml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">
            <section name="schemaImporterExtensions" type="System.Xml.Serialization.Configuration.SchemaImporterExtensionsSection, System.Xml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
            <section name="dateTimeSerialization" type="System.Xml.Serialization.Configuration.DateTimeSerializationSection, System.Xml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
            <section name="xmlSerializer" type="System.Xml.Serialization.Configuration.XmlSerializerSection, System.Xml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false"/>
        </sectionGroup>
        …
    </configSections>

    <configProtectedData defaultProvider="RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider">
        <providers>
            <add name="RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider" type="System.Configuration.RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider,System.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" description="Uses RsaCryptoServiceProvider to encrypt and decrypt" keyContainerName="NetFrameworkConfigurationKey" cspProviderName="" useMachineContainer="true" useOAEP="true"/>
            …
        </providers>
    </configProtectedData>

    <runtime/>

    <connectionStrings>
        <add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
    </connectionStrings>

    <system.data>
        <DbProviderFactories/>
    </system.data>

    <system.serviceModel>
        <extensions>
            <behaviorExtensions>
                <add name="persistenceProvider" type="System.ServiceModel.Configuration.PersistenceProviderElement, System.WorkflowServices, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                …
            <add name="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Diagnostics.ServiceModelSink.Behavior" type="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Diagnostics.ServiceModelSink.Behavior, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Diagnostics.ServiceModelSink, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/></behaviorExtensions>
            <bindingElementExtensions>
                <add name="webMessageEncoding" type="System.ServiceModel.Configuration.WebMessageEncodingElement, System.ServiceModel.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                …
            </bindingElementExtensions>
        </extensions>
        <client>
            <metadata>
                <policyImporters>
                    <extension type="System.ServiceModel.Channels.ContextBindingElementImporter, System.ServiceModel, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=MSIL"/>
                </policyImporters>
                <wsdlImporters>
                    <extension type="System.ServiceModel.Channels.ContextBindingElementImporter, System.ServiceModel, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=MSIL"/>
                </wsdlImporters>
            </metadata>
        </client>
        <tracking>
          <profiles>
            <trackingProfile name="">
              <workflow activityDefinitionId="*">
                <workflowInstanceQueries>
                  <workflowInstanceQuery>
                    <states>
                      <state name="*"/>
                    </states>
                  </workflowInstanceQuery>
                </workflowInstanceQueries>
                <activityStateQueries>
                  <activityStateQuery activityName="*">
                    <states>
                      <state name="Faulted"/>
                    </states>
                  </activityStateQuery>
                </activityStateQueries>
                <faultPropagationQueries>
                  <faultPropagationQuery faultSourceActivityName="*" faultHandlerActivityName="*"/>
                </faultPropagationQueries>
              </workflow>
            </trackingProfile>
          </profiles>
        </tracking>
      <commonBehaviors><endpointBehaviors><Microsoft.VisualStudio.Diagnostics.ServiceModelSink.Behavior/></endpointBehaviors><serviceBehaviors><Microsoft.VisualStudio.Diagnostics.ServiceModelSink.Behavior/></serviceBehaviors></commonBehaviors></system.serviceModel>
    <system.web>
        <processModel autoConfig="true"/>

        <httpHandlers/>

        <membership>
            <providers>
                <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="true" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Hashed" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="7" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="1" passwordAttemptWindow="10" passwordStrengthRegularExpression=""/>
            </providers>
        </membership>

        <profile>
            <providers>
                <add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
            </providers>
        </profile>

        <roleManager>
            <providers>
                <add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
                <add name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" applicationName="/" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
            </providers>
        </roleManager>
    </system.web>

</configuration>

machine.config

Location of machine.config

Registered DB Provider Factories

Format

See also