Looking for a shurtcut of Properties.Settings.Default
Just try it like this:
Properties.Settings settings = Properties.Settings.Default;
settings.var1 = "x";
settings.var2 = "y";
settings.var3 = "Z";
settings.Save();
To shorten a little bit what you have to type you might try adding this to the initial using statements
using MyProps = <your_namespace>.Properties.Settings;
and then in code you could use
MyProps.Default.Var1 = "";
<your_namespace>
should be replaced by the full namespace where the settings are defined.