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Skriven 2012-01-05 12:23:49 av ivan
Ärende: Re: Registry Explanation please...
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From: "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr>

On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:48:22 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski" 
<dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> 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"
> 
> 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!

If all you want to do is clean up the OS/2 ini files why not use 
something that is designed for the job and not some windows derivitave
designed for ODIN use?

Get a copy of iniedit102 and use that.  It stears clear of the win 
related items and only works with OS/2 binary ini files.

ivan

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