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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed
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In article <3CF50B1A.3080503@mail.com>, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> Pascal Obry wrote:
>> I have one case were it does happen. I bought the Easy CD Creator 5.0 platinum
>> version. When installed on XP it has corrupted the Explorer icons. I had to
>> tweak the registry to get back icons for my removable drives... FUD certainly
>> not, but for sure it is quite rare.
> 
> This is clearly a case where the software is deliberately going
> out of its way to touch registry entries that don't belong to it.

I think the Registry approach encourages that sort of thing more
than separate configuration files do, since it makes it easier
for programmers to think they know how to do it correctly.