Looking through the server vs local code on a humongous legacy project, I see this in Settings.settings:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<SettingsFile xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2004/01/settings" CurrentProfile="(Default)">
<Profiles>
<Profile Name="(Default)" />
</Profiles>
<Settings />
</SettingsFile>
Is there a problem with having this VS2010 project reference 2004 this way? Or does it not matter?
It’s not a problem.
The “2004” actually is part of the namespace name, and it is not related with the version of Visual Studio.
Creating a new project with Visual Studio 2012 will create a settings file that references exactly the same namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2004/01/settings.