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> (*) P.S. "back then" somebody mentioned a few problems with
file-system
> access to registry entries:  how do you deal with the various types --
> DWORD, BINARY, STRING, (and the other types that AREN'T accessible via
> regedit...)  Just something to keep in mind, if somebody actually tries
> to write some code for this...

File permissions could handle this?  Maybe something similar to cygwin's
symlinks?

*shrug*
-rgm


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