Hello MAU, On Saturday, September 4, 2004, 9:44:32 AM, you wrote:
> Hello Lynn, JG>>> Agent does this and, since I keep all my 'well behaved' apps on the JG>>> D: drive, after an OS re-install they are all available for JG>>> immediate use, since they don't need any registry settings to work. >> >> It would certainly be a godsend if they'd all do that; I had to reload >> the system recently, too, but I am a *long* way from getting my apps >> all reinstalled .. and as you say, they are all sitting intact on the >> D partition, but unusable. > I won't say the Registry is the best of the "inventions" but, think of > something. What if you and me were to share the same machine as > different Windows users (i.e. with different login). Whose settings and > Preferences should TB keep in the ini file? Should we share the same > message base (i.e. mail directory)? Even if we use different mail > accounts we would be forced to password protect each account and, even > so, why should I see your accounts in my folder tree and you see mine in > yours? Etc., etc., etc. Try it. Create another user and then log off and > login as the new user and see what happens. Miguel (a) Anybody who touches *my* computer gets their fingers chopped off! (b) How about TB! asks which user you are and then uses jeff.ini, lynne.ini, miguel.ini etc? In fact I might patent that idea. (c) MS started to recommend individual configuration files some time back, surely we all do what MS says without question ;-) -- Best wishes Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
