WIN.INI Settings in the Registry

Windows 95 migrates settings from configuration files into the Registry during Setup. The following table shows where WIN.INI entries migrated to the Registry. For information about specific WIN.INI entries moved during Windows 95 installation, see Chapter 6, "Setup Technical Discussion."

Registry Paths for Migrated WIN.INI Sections

WIN.INI section

Subkey in Hkey_Current_User

[desktop]

\Control Panel\Desktop

[Windows]

\Control Panel\Desktop

[sounds]

\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\event\current


The following tables list entries retained in WIN.INI for compatibility with applications written for earlier versions of Windows. These values can be set using Control Panel and other tools in the Windows 95 interface.

Entries in WIN.INI Retained and Supported in the User Interface

[fonts]: font-name

[ports]: portname

[PrinterPorts]: device

[Windows]:

CursorBlinkRate
Device
DoubleClickHeight
DoubleClickWidth

DoubleClickSpeed
KeyboardDelay
KeyboardSpeed

MouseSpeed
MouseTrails
SwapMouseButtons

[Intl]:

iCountry
iCurrDigits
iCurrency
iDate
iDigits
iLZero
iMeasure

iNegCurr
iTime
iTLZero
s1159
s2359
sCountry
sCurrency

sLanguage
sDecimal
sList
sShortDate
sLongDate
sThousand
sTime


Entries in WIN.INI Retained but Not Supported in the User Interface

[embedding]: object

[FontSubstitute]: font-name=font-name

[Mail]: MAPI

[mci extensions]: extension

[Windows]: Load and Run