Related topics

Office 2000 Install Problem - Need HELP!!
But he would have no » chance whatsoever of managing to copy settings from the registry. You must be joking. He will at least know how the file management in Explorer works, and also how to download an application for spanning the directory to the diskettes (as it won't fit on one single).

Registry or .ini for settings storage?
Win98/Win2k: Start-> Settings -> Taskbar & Start menu ... You should be able to find the setting. You can also do it through the Explorer (again depending on O/S). Another way is to place a path to the exe or shortcut through the Registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run You

Why did Microsoft do this......?
Are you launching Opera as default browser (according to registry settings) or are you specifying settings directly in an application (such as in Agent)? (Note: In Agent, the "URL In any case: what are the relevant command line and DDE values (from the application settings or from the registry, as applicable)?

Why the registry?
Please do not abuse the Registry like that. It already gets overloaded with data from all the other apps on the system. The Registry is useful for application settings; like window position and size and option choices the user might make (use numerical Standard or Currency displays, background colors,

Paradox / Runtime on USB Flash Drive
The guidelines to the registry were published long time ago. They always included putting *user spesifics* settings in the HKCU. Part of the reason is portability. Unless an application does a low-level job, it can quite easily be transfered between 9x & NT, assuming it was written correctly.

Registry keys for my application
In particular, application settings should not be in the application directory, but rather should be in a separate settings directory somewhere. Best would be for the install procedure to allow the installer to select where the global application settings are, to allow the most flexibility.

Saving application settings: Registry vs. ini file ?
ScanReg /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup" HOWEVER, registry backups (RB???.cab's in SYSBCKUP) become dated after a while. Settings will be different & large installs or uninstalls may become mussed by restoring an older registry. Also, this perfect one like the others naturally will disappear (as a new one

platform and registry question
Application running under local zone security in HTML (not HTA), in XP SP2? I've been experimenting with this and there seem to be some sort of "secret" I've tried shutting off local machine lockdown, configuring the specific Registry settings in both the lockdown zone and normal zone subkeys for local zone.

Registry and Saving Application Settings
John Contract jcontr...@bloomberg.net microsoft public vb general discussion Building a new application and was wondering what everyone thought of the advantages and disadvantages were to saving application settings via registry or ini file. I'm finding that registry isnt all it's cracked up to be.

SQL syntax across SQL Server..Qracle..Access
Guy, The settings are there somewhere - either in the "Documents and Settings" folder structure or the Registry. Look under "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings", then probably "%OldUserID%\Application Data"\(name of application or vendor) for a folder or group of folders. If you find that, just copy to same

Registry for Linux - Bad idea
Registry is where those things take place now. A system-wide all-application-aware database of all system settings is a step in the right direction from the anarchy you are proposing. But system settings are not the same as user preferences, or user level application settings. For example, if there are five

Windows Registry - Flawed Design
If the application settings and tweaks are preserved, if the data files are there, but you are only having trouble in the Themes department, then I think that the Current user registry keys are only kept in C:\Documents and Settings\currentuser\ntuser.dat. If you copy that file, the keys should carry over.

Configuring GUI properties via registry entries ...
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Hi everyone, I'm trying to decide what would be the best way to store my Pocket PC application settings. My first choice is the registry, but I'm worried about the security policy and read/write access since I'm not sure if my app will be signed (initially).

Newbie question...
Unfortunately, this seems to only work when the 32- bit app itself accesses the registry. Is there a mechanism in the .reg file syntax or in the "reg add" command line syntax to ALWAYS treat the .reg file as if it were a 32- bit application accessing the registry? Currently I have 2 .reg files (one for each

Saving application settings: Registry vs. ini file ?
Bourdeaud, Stéphane bourd...@mpfrance.com alt os citrix Hello, All common application settings that you need to distribute to all users can be added in your TSE server registry in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\TerminalServer\Install\Soft ware section. This is why it is important to set the

Problem with Agent 1.8 and Opera 5.10
ARexx is a basic script language, it doesn't deal with system or application settings. Of course it does. Pretty much anything you can do manually, including grab and change even the most insignificant app settings, you can do with ARexx. No, ARexx is a script language, the registry is a database for information

Anti-Linux FUD
I'm not talking about a native interface to Windows Registry itself, but rather a set of classes that implement a _similar_ type of service. Ie, a set of classes with methods for getting and setting application settings, and a user interface to administer those settings. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

How to run a remote application with vb6?
Quite simply, the application doesn't "know" how to handle individual user profiles with differing security permissions levels, or the application is designed to make to make changes to "off-limits" sections of the Windows registry or protected Windows system folders. For example, saved data are often stored in a

Change Process Base Priority?
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. .... C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\bigbob5678@hotmail. com\SharingMetadata\Working\database_A68_972F_6897_1891\dfsr.db: The

Loading desktop from server
The Registry is a pair of hidden, system, binary files that may use B-trieve indexing to speed access, and can only be edited via RegEdit.exe; User.dat holds user and application settings, and System.dat holds hardware and system settings. RegEdit can be used in the GUI to "see" and edit the registry;