Rethinking of this class:

- private static Config object
- Designated methods for providing fields of said Config object
- Config info isn't fetched from the file all the time, but rather
only once in the Init() method. After that, data is fetched from the
Configuration object

Password Manager/ConfigFileManager.cs

@@ -4,26 +4,28 @@ namespace Password_Manager
 {
     static class ConfigFileManager
     {
-        private static string configPath = SpecialDirectories.CurrentUserApplicationData + "\\config.cfg";
+#region Config flags
+			/*Configuration: (format: fieldname=value)
 
-        #region Config flags
+			  password_store_path: path to the folder which contains the .gpg files
-        /*Configuration: (format: fieldname=value)
+			  recipient: whose public key to use for encryption when a new password is created
+			*/
+			private static const string CONFIGPATH = SpecialDirectories.CurrentUserApplicationData + "\\config.cfg";
+			private static const char DELIMETER = '=';
+			private static const string RECIPIENT = "recipient";
+			private static const string PATH = "password_store_path";
+#endregion
 
-         pwdStorePath: path to the folder which contains the .gpg files
+		private static Config Configuration;
-         recipient: whose public key to use for encryption when a new password is created
-         */
-        private const char DELIMETER = '=';
-        private const string RECIPIENT = "recipient";
-        private const string PATH = "pwdStorePath";
 
-        #endregion
+		public static void Init()
-        public static string GetPath()
+		{
-        {
             try
             {
-                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(configPath);
+                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(CONFIGPATH);
                 if (sr != null)
                 {
+					string? path, recipient;
                     while (!sr.EndOfStream)
                     {
                         string[]? fields = sr.ReadLine().Split(DELIMETER);
@@ -31,14 +33,27 @@ namespace Password_Manager
                         {
                             if (fields[0] == PATH)
                             {
-                                return fields[1];
+								path = fields[0];
                             }
+							else if (fields[0] == RECIPIENT)
+							{
+								recipient = fields[0];
+							}
                         }
-                        else
+                        else //probably an empty line or something
                         {
                             continue;
                         }
                     }
+
+					if (path != null && recipient != null)
+					{
+						Configuration = new Config(path, recipient);
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						throw new InvalidConfigurationException("One or more required fileds were missing from the configuration file.");
+					}
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -53,15 +68,23 @@ namespace Password_Manager
             {
                 MessageBox.Show(e.ToString(), "IO Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
             }
+		}
 
-            return @"C:\Users\Typo\pass"; //TODO: temporary default value
+        public static string GetPath()
+        {
+			return Configuration.PasswordStorePath;
         }
 
+		public static string GetRecipient()
+		{
+			return Configuration.Recipient;
+		}
+
         private static void CreateDefaultConfig()
         {
             try
             {
-                StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(configPath);
+                StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(CONFIGPATH);
                 sw.WriteLine(RECIPIENT + DELIMETER + "typo");
                 sw.WriteLine(PATH + DELIMETER + @"C:\Users\Typo\pass");
                 sw.Close();