Refreshing service references updates the app.config

Question

Every time I make changes to my WS and update the reference in Visual Studio, VS overwrites my app.config with additional unnecessary information. So when I start my client

Answer 1

Stop changing your WS!?! :P

Seriously though, since you are updating your WS and then updating the reference it is going to update the app.config / web.config. The reason is because there is a section under applicationSettings that reference the WS.

EX:

 <applicationSettings>
    <RemoteAssessment.CatCall.My.MySettings>
        <setting name="RemoteAssessment_CatCall_CATService01_CATService"
            serializeAs="String">
            <value>URLTOSERVICE/catservice.asmx</value>
        </setting>
    </RemoteAssessment.CatCall.My.MySettings>
</applicationSettings>

Sadly, I do not think there is a way to stop VS from updating the app.config. I could be wrong though.

Answer 2

Ended up doing this programmatically which solved the problem.