So, today i learned the hard way that .NET class library apps don't intrinsically support .config files. after about 4 hours of head scratching i came up w/ the following bit of code that will dynamically load a config file with the same name as the assembly loading it: internal void GetConfigurationFilePath() { DirectoryInfo currentDir = new DirectoryInfo(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "\\"); _pathToWorkingDirectory = currentDir.FullName; //loop through all assemblies currently loaded foreach...