From: "Ben Davis" <ben AT vjpoole DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Detecting Windows and Windows directory from DOS
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 23:34:57 -0000
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>> > Because Microsoft never meant for applications to access this
>> > information.
>>
>> They broke their own rules quickly then!
>
>How so?  They never meant for non-MS apps to access the registry, not for
>their own apps!

Most Windows programs I've seen store information in the registry; including
those not by Microsoft. But they probably have access to some Microsoft
Registry API.

By the way, I asked earlier in this thread, "What's the difference between
'windir' and 'winbootdir'?" I don't think anyone's answered this.

Ben Davis