To use remote App.config file fails in Windows 8

Question

I want to read app.config from the remote server on my NET 3.5 application.
For example, I'm updating "APP_CONFIG_FILE" to set remote app config like the below code.
It works fine on Windows 7 or previous windows version.
But on windows 8, the program is being in no-response stage(like kind of deadlock) when calling ConfigurationManager.AppSettings. There is no error message here and I have to kill the process manually by using Task manager.
I'll appreciate for any suggestion or comment.
static class Program
[STAThread]
static void Main()
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("APP_CONFIG_FILE", "http://xxxx/app.exe.config");
MessageBox.Show(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["HelpFile"]);
Thanks

Answer 1

Hello momo898,
>> But on windows 8, the program is being in no-response stage(like kind of deadlock) when calling
I suggest that you could follow this blog below to find the detail caused reason:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tess/archive/2006/10/16/net-hang-debugging-walkthrough.aspx
Regards.
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