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In-Reply-To: <199509260558.WAA11542@aslan.cdrom.com> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Sep 25, 95 10:58:00 pm
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> Actually, they have an exported API that all programs use to alter the
> congifuration info (whether it be in the registry or .ini files).

Well, *some* programs use it. Some programs that have Windows and UNIX
versions do it by hand.