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Re: setup size prefs


On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 05:44:49PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Yes and that's how it should be done.  Store the size and position in
>the registry.  That's what it's there for, that's what well-behaived
>programs do.  Like it or hate it, that's how windows is designed and
>making up some brain dead "custom ini file" is just wrong.

Yes, setup.exe is a pure windows program and should use windows methods
for storing settings.

Just please don't use the "Cygnus Solutions" hierarchy in the registry,
please.  :-)

cgf


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