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   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Brock McNuggets  wrote at 06:06 this Sunday (GMT):   
   > On Jan 17, 2026 at 10:27:14 PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote   
   >:   
   >   
   >> Brock McNuggets    
   >> news:696c2034$1$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:50:12   
   >> GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Jan 17, 2026 at 3:47:39 PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote   
   >>> :   
   [snip]   
   >>>>  MS was actively discouraging the use of .INI files   
   >>>> from Windows 95. They wanted you using the centralized registry   
   >>>> instead.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes... what a pain.   
   >>   
   >> It could be if you weren't very familiar with it.   
   >   
   > I prefer the INI or stand alone preferences system. Especially when they are   
   > stored in a logical location they make troubleshooting easier.   
      
   I honestly never really got the registry. For system settings, fine, I can   
   get wanting to use a binary format like that. For user options, it just   
   makes it harder to access, change, backup, etc... and is inherently not   
   cross-platform. The only benefit I can think of would be having   
   persistent user settings, and that can easily be achieved by storing   
   user settings in %AppData% and/or not deleting it with the built in   
   uninstaller.   
   [snip]   
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