Where to keep config data other than config file (Windows App)?

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Published on 2010-05-20T20:24:08Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 20:30 UTC
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My Windows application GUI is accepting some required application configuration fields from the user. I need to store them of course, but I wanna hide these fields from the user.

I cannot use database to store these configs.
I want to avoid using app.config either. (No app.config encryption)

Any suggestions, Where and in which format i should store fields. (Field example is: Accepting database User credentials, Task Schedule info etc.)

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