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Windows used to have lots of .INI files, but almost all apps kept them all in C:\Windows or System or some such place. If only they had discovered the concept
by Razengan 7y ago
Windows used to have lots of .INI files, but almost all apps kept them all in C:\Windows or System or some such place.
If only they had discovered the concept of subfolders, instead of shuttling them off into another monolithic container. I suspect having many subdirectories degraded filesystem performance at the time.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoOr just stick them all in a global store specifically for config files, say somewhere like /etc? This problem has been solved since the 1960s.