chicchio wrote:

> "Paul" wrote:
>
>> So amcap.exe may have put that information there. Exactly why that file
>> was used, I don't know.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
> Thanks, Paul. I have a webcam, and amcap.exe is on my PC, so now it is clear
> that ANNIE is from amcap.exe and some test of video capture.
> But is it normal that amcap writes this in WIN.INI ?
>
> Thanks, chicchio

The system.ini and win.ini files didn't go away in NT-based versions of
Windows. They are there for compatibility with old applications. Part
of the problem with successive versions of Windows is it retaining
compatibility with old stuff. And I mean really o-l-d stuff. Microsoft
kept win.ini and system.ini for compatibility with old apps that worked
way back in Windows 3.x.

When you run msconfig.exe, notice there are still tabs for System.ini
and Win.ini. Sometimes "new" apps are really just old ones that have
merely been adapted to run on later versions of Windows. Sometimes the
developers leave in outdated code (it's not what they were assigned to
work on).