The existing win.ini functions have been preserved. However, developers are encouraged to take advantage of the registry functionality.
The .ini file functions include:
| Function | Description |
| GetPrivateProfileInt | Returns an integer value in a section from a private initialization file |
| GetPrivateProfileSection | Returns all the key name and value pairs for a section of a private initialization file |
| GetPrivateProfileString | Returns a character string in a section from a private initialization file |
| GetProfileInt | Returns an integer value in a section from the WIN.INI file |
| GetProfileSection | Returns all the key name and value pairs for a section of the WIN.INI file |
| GetProfileString | Returns a character string in a section from the WIN.INI file |
| WritePrivateProfileSection | Writes all the key name and value pairs for a section of a private initialization file |
| WritePrivateProfileString | Copies a character string to a private initialization file, or deletes one or more lines in a private initialization file“ |
| WriteProfileSection | Writes all the key name and value pairs for a section of the WIN.INI file |
| WriteProfileString | Copies a character string to the WIN.INI file, or deletes one or more lines from WIN.INI” |