| From: | Kyle Miller |
| Date: | 3 May 2000 at 01:13:58 |
| Subject: | Re: I wanna destroy (was Re: Dev Box) |
From: Jonathan Drain <digital@ukonline.co.uk>
> This causes lots of problems. For one, if you delete a program without
> specifically uninstalling it, Windows will get upset the next time you
boot
> up, because it sees something in the registry for which the files don't
> actually exist, and it gets confused.
>
It is also supposed to keep count of how many installs will require a
certain system DLL. If the program you just uninstalled was the last
program requiring it then it asks if you want to remove it. Of course, if
you start deleting
stuff manually, the whole system is out of step FOREVER!
> Secondly, if you want to change some settings manually, it's virtually
> impossible to find where those settings are kept.
No, the registry is quite logical when you know your way around it.
> Third, I wouldn't feel safe with every single setting for every single
> program being stored in the one big file.
It's not in one big file, there are lots of small hidden .dat files that are
brought together when you run something like regedit. Accessing the
registry on Windows is by no means fast and on a 9X machine, there is a size
limit of 64K.
> I liked the Amiga's Envarc thing though, very useful - lots of small files
> stored in RAM, very nice.
>
The RAM Disk on the Amiga is one of the things that separates it from other
OSes. I have never seen one that automatically adjusts its size on any
other platform. The good thing about it is when you reset all your settings
are restored from envarc:. Therefore it's more difficult to screw something
up. When you apply something to the registry it has an instant effect.
P.S. Have a guess who didn't realise that egroups requires a confirmation
e-mail when you *unsub* therefore had 970 mails waiting when he got back
from hols. Bet you can't guess?
Dr. Kyle Miller
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