>>It would be nice if this could be application setting in the web.config. Some apps I would like to have a really short deadlock setting.
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>Have you tried that? Most of the config settings are hierarchical and you can set the values in the local files as long as you maintain the full hierarchy of nodes.

Parser didn't like it.

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineOnly' beyond machine.config.