Firefox/4.0.2pre SeaMonkey/2.1   
   From: "James J. Weinkam"    
      
   Dariusz Piatkowski wrote:   
   > In my continuing effort to clean up the INI files (OS2&  OS2SYS) I've   
   started to   
   > look at the information visible in the OS2 Registry Editor.   
   >   
   > I see the following listed:   
   >   
   > 1) HINI_SYSTEM_PROFILE   
   > 2) HINI_USER_PROFILE   
      
   These first two are the OS/2-eCS system and user ini files. They are the OS/2   
   registry.   
      
   > 3) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT   
   > 4) HKEY_CURRENT_USER   
   > 5) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE   
   > 6) HKEY_USERS   
   >   
   These mimic the windows registry so that various software ported from windows   
   that runs under ODIN or Innowin can work.    
   If memory serves me correctly, HKEY_CALSSES_ROOT is the entire registry and   
   the others are aliases for subsets of    
   interest. That's why there appears to be a lot of duplication. Even without   
   the aliases there seems to be a lot of    
   redundancy, but it isn't safe to tamper with it.   
      
      
      
   > OK, so #1&  #2 seem to make sense, although I have no idea what the following   
   > keys represent in HINI_SYSTEM_PROFILE though (but it's just these 3):   
   > W0WNEW =>  PORKIE4="Check"   
   > W8WNEW =>  GOODPORK="Check"   
   > WOWNEW =>  SUP4="Check"   
   >   
   > Strange, but I'll live with it, I suppose.   
   >   
   > #3 still seems OK, as it appears to be basically a mapping of all object   
   > associations&  class definitions.   
   >   
   > #4 makes sense, USER specific settings, some Innotek references to the   
   FT2LIB,   
   > ODIN stuff, etc.   
   >   
   > Now, here is where the strange stuff (to me anyways) starts.   
   >   
   > #5 shows a bunch of entries which do not appear to be ENGLISH. All the final   
   key   
   > values are usually: 'universe.smi', 'sheet.smi', 'formatng.smi', 'chart.smi',   
   > 'map.smi', 'draw.smi', etc...what the heck are these? Where do they come   
   from?   
   >   
   > Finally comes #6, where I see a bunch of Innotek stuff again (seems like a   
   > duplicate?).   
   >   
   > So...the real question is: can I safely delete these? Obviously the   
   applications   
   > I have installed here have a huge bearing on this...so I'm not asking for a   
   > simple YES/NO. What I am curious is whether some of you have seen these,   
   and/or   
   > whether anyone can explain from their experience what created these?   
   >   
   > Thanks!   
      
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