thanks, will try this
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Coulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 8:26 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Win98 and the registry
> One thing I have experienced before, is win98 does not like no \ at the
> end of registry path.
> i.e.
> do it like :-
> Readstring('software\path\','ourapp','');
>
> not :-
> Readstring('software\path','ourapp','');
>
> The last example works ok with Win2k onwards, and I THINK ME too, but
> Win98 and 95 didn't cope with it.
> Atleast, I am PRETTY sure its this. Might be the reverse too, i..e don't
> put a \ in for win98.
> All I can remember is it was something to do with the \.
>
> HTH.
> Jeremy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss
> Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2003 16:55
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: Win98 and the registry
>
>
> A win98 user is trying to use our software but experiencing the
> following
> problem:
> When the software is installed, an entry is placed in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
> Paths\OurApp
> the entry is called "Path" and it contains the directory that "OurApp"
> was installed into. The user has checked that this entry is there
> (wasn't so had to add it manually). I have confirmed that it is there,
> yet when the user runs "OurApp" and the code tries to find the entry, it
> comes back empty! Does anyone know of any such issues with Win98 and the
> registry? Any clues at all?
>
> Cheers,
> Phil.
>
>
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