Tim> So while the traditional Windows .ini file (like Unix Tim> this-or-that.rc file) model was replaced by the registry for Tim> excellent reasons, those reasons don't apply to the way we're using Tim> Python! The .ini file model was exactly right for what most of us Tim> seem to want to do, and the registry model is exactly wrong. Alright! Now I understand what all the hubbub is about! My eyes have mostly been glazing over trying to follow all this Windows registry/path/ini stuff. MS believes that Python is the application. Those of us writing Python programs view those programs as the applications, not the Python interpreter per se. Is there some way that people writing applications in Python can set up registry entries that are specific to their application (e.g. tabnanny.py) instead of only specific to the Python interpreter? Skip Montanaro | http://www.mojam.com/ skip@mojam.com | http://www.musi-cal.com/ 847-971-7098 | Python: Programming the way Guido indented...