The BCL provides access to the .NET configuration system, which includes a per-user and per-application configuration model with inheritance of configuration settings, and a transacted installer framework. Classes exist both to use the configuration framework and to extend it.

For more information, see the following namespaces:

System.Configuration
System.Configuration.Assemblies
System.Configuration.Core
System.Configuration.Design
System.Configuration.Install
System.Configuration.Interceptors
System.Configuration.Internal
System.Configuration.Schema
System.Configuration.Web