Don't EVER use the registry! Please
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wogerdoger wrote: Why does Windows need a registry ? COM "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can." "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
Thought this might belong in the lounge! Thanks for the good points and info (esp. Hockey for the spell-check example and "polymorhpic executables". I guess it borders on self-modifying code). I have never used (As in personally edited) an .ini file and have never run Regedit or toyed with the Registry API (Though after reading up on it, It doesn't look that hard). I liked the comments about "the inexperienced" "playing" with ini files or worse, the registry. My point here is the application should provide the interface (i.e Tools | Options) to change the program's user settings. Anyone who goes into a (.ini) file and "changes stuff" should expect the program to behave in a not-so-qhkwbefnlkjqw manner. Hey I have Word…but IE doesn’t go looking for the “I have a Spell-checker” Key! Is it in the settings…? Cheers for the feedback. If sex is a pain in the ass, then your name must be Joe Woodbury or Jason Henderson!