Reading Config Files in WPF without "My.Settings"

Please I need help on this..
I am working on a WPF project and I need to read an entry from the applicationSettings section of my configuration file in the Visual Studio 2008 WPF project.
My.Settings.ValueToRead works very well and it returns what I expect but, my boss insists on doing it another way for easy compatibility with existing solutions.
I tried using System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ValueToRead") but it returns Nothing
Please can anybody show me how to acheive my intentions on .netframework 3.5

haryourlah said:
This are lines from my configuration files. I intend to read the settings ValueToRead.
<applicationSettings>
    <Carliecode.Settings>
        <setting name="ValueToRead" serializeAs="String">
            <value>CarliecodeIsValueToRead</value>
        </setting>
    </Carliecode.Settings>
</applicationSettings>
I tried some lines of codes in my immediate window while in break mode and the response
I got are as shown below
(1) ?System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Count
      This returned 0
(2) ?System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ValueToRead")
       This returned Nothing
(3)?System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("ValueToRead")
       This returned Nothing
However, When I tried this...
(4) ?my.Settings.ValueToRead
      This returned "CarliecodeIsValueToRead" as expected
My challenge is to use any other possible way except Line (4).
I hope I have given enough details to get the help I need.
Regards,
Haryourlah
The reason that 1-3 don't work is because there are no appSettings, only applicationSettings.
My question is still *why* can't you use My.Settings to read the values? There must be some requirements missing here since there is a supported, working way to read the settings, but for some undisclosed reason that method is not acceptable...
Best regards,
Johan Stenberg
Microsoft Visual Studio

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You can use this format if you routinely share a drive with multiple Windows systems.
HFS+ ((((MAC FORMAT))) (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Don't use case-sensitive)
Read/Write HFS+ from native Mac OS X
Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! backups of Mac internal hard drive.
To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
Maximum file size: 8EiB
Maximum volume size: 8EiB
You can use this format if you only use the drive with Mac OS X, or use it for backups of your Mac OS X internal drive, or if you only share it with one Windows PC (with MacDrive installed on the PC)
EXFAT (FAT64) ------Can read/write from both PC and Mac
Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
Not all Windows versions support exFAT.
exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support exFAT
Maximum file size: 16 EiB
Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB
You can use this format if it is supported by all computers with which you intend to share the drive. See "disadvantages" for details.

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Read about Synchronous File Reading Capability here download.oracle.com/otndocs/products/bpel/bpeltechadp.pdf
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