Looking here:
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Key-value-file-parser.html
under the section describing differences between .ini files and key
files I find this:
* Key files allow only comments before the first group.
I saw a typical key file and found comments could be put
before the first group.
I saw a typical key file and found comments could be put anywhere. Am
I missing anything?
This means that you can't have a key that's outside of a group.
Windows .ini files allow keys that are ungrouped and appear before the
first group of the file. It probably would