![]() ![]() ![]() They have one problem, though: They tend to get larger than expected and since they are only barely structured, it is rather tedious to compare them. Programmers and system administrators love this kind of configuration. Microsoft has tried to replace them with more structured storage, first the Registry and later (in dotNET) with XML files, but they are still popular because they are simple to copy and move around, easy to use and can be edited with a text editor. They have existed since the 16 bit Windows times, where they were stored in the Windows directory, later on they were stored in the program’s executable directory and nowadays they usually go somewhere into a user’s home directory. INI files are a simple but powerful means of storing a program’s configuration.
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