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Re: setup size prefs
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 10:41:19 -0500
- Subject: Re: setup size prefs
- References: <418ADB11.547E8A24@dessent.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
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