Location of program's default settings

[psrumbagh]

Most windows programs, e.g. Word, Excel, Adobe Reader, Nero Wave Editor, etc.
have many default settings for things like font size, margins, default
directory, etc. Some applications allow the user to change some of the
settings usually under an "Options" tab, while others do not. In general,
where are the default values stored? For example a separate file (extension
name?), a dll, the application itself, a HKEY_xxxx, etc.?

[don phillipson]

"PSRumbagh" <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Most windows programs, e.g. Word, Excel, Adobe Reader, Nero Wave Editor,
etc.
> have many default settings for things like font size, margins, default
> directory, etc. Some applications allow the user to change some of the
> settings usually under an "Options" tab, while others do not. In general,
> where are the default values stored? For example a separate file
(extension
> name?), a dll, the application itself, a HKEY_xxxx, etc.?

No rules (of Bill Gates or anyone else) governs this uniformly.
The user must search for himself to find which set defaults in
an INI file, which in a file of some other type, which in Registry etc.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[nil]

On 26 Dec 2009, =?Utf-8?B?UFNSdW1iYWdo?=
<PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> In general, where are the default values
> stored? For example a separate file (extension name?), a dll, the
> application itself, a HKEY_xxxx, etc.?

There are many ways for a program to store its settings - in a
template, in an INI file, in various parts of the registry, etc. there
is no universal method.