I have googled for the last hour or so with no luck (I\'d like to think I\'m a great googler too!), so here I am.
I have an XML file that I\'m using for my programs sett
You can use XML Serialization. Create classes that represent your XML structure and use the XML Serialization Class to deserialize the data. Once you have done that you can use the data in your application.
Below is a link to an example from MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950721.aspx