From a2727cc8030f2c338c5090859bb6a55afbb5c016 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Michael=20M=C3=B6ller?= <mmoeller@openhardwaremonitor.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:08:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Delete the config file if it can not be parsed, and restart
 with a new one.

---
 Utilities/Config.cs | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Utilities/Config.cs b/Utilities/Config.cs
index ab5e9a8..989550b 100644
--- a/Utilities/Config.cs
+++ b/Utilities/Config.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ namespace OpenHardwareMonitor.Utilities {
       config = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.
         OpenMappedExeConfiguration(fileMap, 
         System.Configuration.ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
+      try {
+        // try to load the settings
+        System.Configuration.KeyValueConfigurationCollection collection =
+          config.AppSettings.Settings;        
+      } catch {
+        // if an exception is thrown, start with a new config file
+        if (File.Exists(fileName))
+          File.Delete(fileName);
+        config = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.
+          OpenMappedExeConfiguration(fileMap,
+          System.Configuration.ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
+      }
     }
 
     private void SaveConfig() {