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   Message 402 of 3,371   
   Dariusz Piatkowski to All   
   Re: Registry Explanation please...   
   09 Jan 12 02:15:14   
   
   520c4479f42c4e248ffe.newsdawg.com   
   From: "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
      
   Hi David!   
      
   On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:59:38 UTC, "David T. Johnson"     
   wrote:   
      
   > 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   
   > > 3) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT   
   > > 4) HKEY_CURRENT_USER   
   > > 5) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE   
   > > 6) HKEY_USERS   
   > >    
   > > 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"   
   >    
   > These three keys don't sound very wholesome.  Generally, keys in 2) are    
   > placed by applications for their use.  Any application install that is    
   > setting a key called 'goodpork="check" doesn't sound very useful.    
   > Generally, I'll delete any key that I don't recognize or know what it's    
   > for.  If something breaks, it's easy enough to restore an archived    
   > desktop with the missing keys or just reinstall the broken application.   
      
      
   Yeah, off we go with this stuff...I find it questionable at best too...   
      
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