XMLConfigurator, Asp.Net

[Raymond Chan - Symmetrics]

Hello,   I have an ASP.Net application. I initialize log4net in Global.asax using log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure(myConfigFileInfo);   Can someone explain to me what is suppose to happen when I change the config file?   It seems that the running asp.net (the app domain?) thread is aborted and Global.asax Application_Start method is called again. This causes me some problems because I actually spawn a new thread in Global.asax (I know, this isn’t the greatest design…) to do some background work, and when the config file changes, my threads are aborted.   When I step through the code in the IDE, I can see in the output window the following: An unhandled exception of type 'System.Threading.ThreadAbortException' occurred in Unknown Module. Additional information: Thread was being aborted. The program '[1376] aspnet_wp.exe: /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/DevMercury-9-127663932072093560' has exited with code 0 (0x0).   Is this correct? Have I done something wrong? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated,   Thank you, Raymond