why redundancy

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JoJo

Hello:

I am using a windows 2000 platform. When I install any application software
on my machine, I am really interested in knowing the following things:

* Why is it necessary to store various parts of that application in
various places on my computer: registry, system32, winNT, etc ?


Thanks
 
JoJo said:
Hello:

I am using a windows 2000 platform. When I install any application
software
on my machine, I am really interested in knowing the following things:

* Why is it necessary to store various parts of that application in
various places on my computer: registry, system32, winNT, etc ?


Thanks
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It's much more by habit than by necessity. From a functional point of view
it does not matter where an executable file is located, as long as it is
either in a folder listed in the %path% or is fully referenced. However,
some supporting files must be in the same folder as the main executable. It
all depends on how the application was written.

The registry contains a large number of settings but no executables.
 
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