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Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back?

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Pete, if I recall correctly, .INI files were the Windows 3.1 and earlier 
precursor to the Registry that made its debut, also IIRC, in Windows 2000. 
It was Microsoft's intent that developers use the Registry for the purposes 
for which .INI files were intended, but maintained .INI for backward 
compatibility. .INI, being text files, were easy for even amateur hackers to 
use for mischief. Of course the hacker community is so clever that they not 
only figured out the Registry, but were able to make use of new features it 
provided.

I suspect it would take a groundswell of demand from enterprise customers 
for .INI files to be brought back, and my cloudy crystal ball does not 
indicate that groundswell of demand.

-- 
Larry Linson
  Microsoft Office Access MVP
  Co-Author, Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions, Wiley 2010



"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message 
news:lmm7g91997893hlaqu2kh1p4st596ibmu4@4ax.com...
> MS dropped the backward-comparability ball going from 2003 to 2007 in
> that the /INI command-line parm was lost.
>
> Did they fix that in 2010?
>
> I'm still waiting for The Powers That Be to approve the Office 2010
> install on my PC, so I can't tell myself yet - but knowing will let me
> get started on some /INI-dependent stuff.
>
> -- 
> Pete Cresswell 

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Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2014-02-18 17:14 -0500
  Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOSpamkallal@msn.com> - 2014-02-19 16:02 -0700
    Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2014-02-20 09:27 -0500
      Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? Neil <xxx@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 21:24 -0500
    Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? Neil <xxx@gmail.com> - 2014-03-12 21:07 -0500
  Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "Access Developer" <accdevel@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 13:27 -0600
    Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2014-02-20 16:02 -0500
      Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "Access Developer" <accdevel@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 15:35 -0600
      Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "Joan Wild" <joanwild@xplornet.com> - 2014-02-20 21:56 +0000
      Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOSpamkallal@msn.com> - 2014-02-20 23:48 -0700
        Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2014-02-21 10:03 -0500
          Re: Access 2010: Is /INI Back? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOSpamkallal@msn.com> - 2014-02-21 15:57 -0700

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