I agree, I've only used the registry api's so far and have to agree they've made alot of sense and have helped me a hell of a lot with VB, infact I've had no annoying little problems at all like I usually do with VB.
API's are the way to do anything in windows, they're just soooooo fucking useful
(sorry if I'm a bit ott tonite, I've jus started on my nicotine patches
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