Isolated Storage

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Isolated storage enables applications to create and maintain a safe client-side virtual file system for partial trust applications. In Silverlight, all I/O operations are restricted to isolated storage and do not use the file system of the operating system.

In This Section

• Isolated Storage Overview
  Explains isolated storage and its recommended use.

• How to: Perform Isolated Storage Tasks
  Provides a series of examples demonstrating common isolated storage tasks.

• How to: Store and Retrieve Application Settings Using Isolated Storage
  Describes how applications can use custom settings in isolated storage.

• Encrypting and Signing Isolated Storage Files
  Provides links to topics that describe how to encrypt and sign isolated storage files.

Reference

• IsolatedStorageFile
  Represents the abstract base class from which all isolated storage implementations must derive.