Host variable in My.Settings

I am trying to put a variable in My.Settings.

For example If I want to put variable Application.StartupPath in My.Settings and when I retrieve the value back in the Application, the value is retrieved as string like "Application.StartupPath", but I want Application.StartupPath as such.

Can someone help me what I am doing wrong ?

[334 byte] By [MuthuAnnamalai] at [2007-12-17]