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Old 07-08-2003, 07:15 AM   #1
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Question User.DAT and system.DAT

What do these files do? I was reading about them in this thread but it didn't say what exactly they did. DO they contain program lists or something?
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They are two of five files that make up your registry.

USER.DAT
SYSTEM.DAT
WIN.INI
SYSTEM.INI
MSDOS.SYS
CLASSES.DAT (for WinME)
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. . . and if you'd like a brief Registry tutorial, here's one from WinGuides.com http://www.winguides.com/article.php...guide=registry
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