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"David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:

> FWIW, the use of the Registry is deprecated for new development.
> There is, in fact, for the "modern" versions of windows an
> application data directory designated by the environment variable
> APPDATA which has underneath it a directory for each
> manufacturer of the application software.

Is this a joke?!

If not, I'm astonished.  Can you point to some docs on this?
Too bad the registry wasn't deprecated immediately upon being invented
-- it's an utterly bad idea.

- Bob