Win.ini

[Mist]

Discovered an application's (PMI) tails left over from long ago when
supposedly it had been deleted.

I'm hesitant to play here because they aren't concise yet I'm fairly
certain they're all together. Know what happens with "assume" also.

Originally, the application was geared to start on boot up.

If I wanted to gamble, how would I edit the ini file? Only reason to is if
it's being read. If it's being ignored, eh, so what. Thinking it might be
part of other ills here I'm hunting.

Windows XP SP2

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Mist" <[email protected]>

| Discovered an application's (PMI) tails left over from long ago when
| supposedly it had been deleted.

| I'm hesitant to play here because they aren't concise yet I'm fairly
| certain they're all together. Know what happens with "assume" also.

| Originally, the application was geared to start on boot up.

| If I wanted to gamble, how would I edit the ini file? Only reason to is if
| it's being read. If it's being ignored, eh, so what. Thinking it might be
| part of other ills here I'm hunting.

| Windows XP SP2


WIN.INI is a legacy of old applications and WinXP does not interpret it.

Only old games for Win95 (and maybe Win98) may interpret it.

 

[John John (MVP)]

The file is only there for backward compatibility for old 16-bit legacy
applications, you could remove all the entries in the file and it
wouldn't bother Windows at all. You can use Msconfig to disable entries
in the file or you can use Sysedit to edit and completely remove entries
in the file.

John

 

[Mist]

WIN.INI is a legacy of old applications and WinXP does not interpret
it.

Only old games for Win95 (and maybe Win98) may interpret it.

No games just an ancient PIM now replaced.

Thanks.

 

[Mist]

The file is only there for backward compatibility for old 16-bit
legacy applications, you could remove all the entries in the file and
it wouldn't bother Windows at all. You can use Msconfig to disable
entries in the file or you can use Sysedit to edit and completely
remove entries in the file.

Ahh, the things I learn here - very good thing.

Think that Sysedit is the choice.

Thanks.

 

[Plato]

If I wanted to gamble, how would I edit the ini file? Only reason to is if

win.ini is just a txt file. Edit with notepad.