Re: I have to ask a stupid question...

The only thing I ever found in the registry was the install path (for
the installer most likely) and nothing in win/system

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On 15 Jul 2003 11:02:15 -0700, walter@torres.ws (Walter) wrote:

>I'd like to know what it buys "me" (me being any person using Apache
>on Windows)that Apache for windows places data in the registry, and I
>can only assume it places files in the system directory as well (I
>hope I'm wrong).
>
>Now, I'm not asking to cause trouble, I just would like to know the
>functions it provides.
>
>The reason I ask, is I just spent 2 weeks figuring out a procedure to
>install (by hand) Perl, PHP, php-PEAR and php-Smarty without use of
>the registry or the system dircetory. (I know, someone already did
>this, right? This excercise helps me understand an apps operations)
>
>My goal of all this has been to setup my desktop at home to reflect my
>Un*x machine at work as close as possible. My .ini and .cong files at
>home now match the ones at work, so if I make any "improvements" at
>home, I can just copy the files over to the system at work with no
>changes. (OK, a little change, after DLLs are not in use at work)
>
><so why are you doing all this - someone may ask - just install Linux
>at home and be done with it. - I'd love to, but I'm the Windows
>support guy for the office and our clients, so I have to solve these
>issues for windows, so I'm sort of stuck.>
>
>Anyway, any enlightenment would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Walter